Tokyo Baptist Church is an religious corporation in Sibuya, Tokyo, Japan. They have 6 services every weekend [1] (including a youth service) with an approximate attendance of 1,500.[2]
Current
Tokyo Baptist Church is in the trial on the Tokyo District Court from October 2012[3]. The reason why, pastor commands to discriminate against people as say "evil" and "fuck."[4] And they don't have the Apostles' Creed. So, They are called cult or sect. Many people have withdrawn from them. Pastor offers several programs and classes for membership care which include Biblical counseling[5]
History
Beginnings
The church originated as a Baptist fellowship of military personnel who felt led to begin a church which would meet the needs of English speaking Christians in Japan. On January 5, 1958 when the church was begun, W.H. Jackson, Jr. was called as the first pastor of Tokyo Baptist Church. On this day Tokyo Baptist Church became the first church outside of the United States to be sponsored by the Southern Baptist Convention. In February 1959, ground was broken for the present structure and was dedicated on November 1, 1959.[6]
Pastors
Throughout its history, Tokyo Baptist Church has gone through a total of 9 pastors. These, listed with the dates they were called include:
- W.H. "Dub" Jackson, Jr. (January, 1958)[7]
- Milton Dupriest (November, 1959)
- Marion Moorhead (October, 1963)
- Roy Edgemon (May, 1971)
- Marion Moorhead (October, 1975)
- Richard Horn (1981)
- William Warmth (Interim, 1990)
- Norman Wood (March, 1993)
- Dennis Folds (June, 1999)[8]
Current Pastors
- Senior Pastor : Dennis Folds
- Associate Pastor : Takeshi Yozawa
- Evangelism Pastor : Joel Cuellar
- Worship Pastor : Ted Oman
- Ministry Pastor : Akira Watanabe
- Student Ministries Pastor : Chris McCottry
- Multi-site Pastor : Sawma Buongpui
- Misato Campus Pastor : Peter Okada
Offshoots
Two times in the history of Tokyo Baptist church have members decided to organize themselves as a separate church so as to better serve their communities respectively. These churches are:
- Chofu Baptist Church (organized March 7, 1965)
- Shibuya Baptist Church (organized November 9, 1975)
Affiliation
- On January 5, 1958 Tokyo Baptist Church became the first church outside of the United States to be supported by the Southern Baptist Convention.[9]
- In August 1964 Tokyo Baptist Church became the 101st member of the Japan Baptist Convention
References
- ^ http://www.tokyobaptist.org/worship/
- ^ http://www.tokyobaptist.org/sermons/20080113.htm
- ^ 2012 "wa" No.2508
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIv1ztoeleg
- ^ http://www.tokyobaptist.org/biblicalcounseling/
- ^ Jackson, W.H.. Whatever It Takes. Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8054-2688-5
- ^ Jackson, W.H.. Whatever It Takes. Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8054-2688-5
- ^ http://www.tokyobaptist.org/staff/
- ^ Jackson, W.H.. Whatever It Takes. Nashville, Tennessee: B&H Publishing Group, 2003. ISBN 978-0-8054-2688-5
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