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===Historical Background=== | ===Historical Background=== | ||
The Japan Lutheran Church or NRK is a Confessional Lutheran denomination in Japan. It currently has approximately 2,490 baptized members in 35 congregations nationwide. During the occupation of Japan by the Allied forces after the Second World War, several US Army chaplains affiliated with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) were serving the local population. Discussions were held with representatives from the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) as well as other churches on mission work in post-war Japan. With the information gathered, the LCMS came to the conclusion that they should send missionaries to northern Japan where the Lutheran presence was scarce in order to avoid redundancies among the various Lutheran churches and missions operating in Japan and a resolution was adopted accordingly. | |||
In September 1948, the LCMS installed the first missionary to Japan and declared the start of the Japan Mission, in accordance with the resolution adopted. With the passing of the Broadcast Law (放送法, Hōsō Hō) in 1950 legalising commercial and private broadcasting, The Lutheran Hour radio program started broadcasting in 1951. | |||
The NRK was officially recognized as a religious body in Japan in 1953. | |||
=='''Mennonite Church Records'''== | =='''Mennonite Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||