Records of Mennonite Brethren Mission work in Japan, 1950-2004
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Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Multiply
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 4 linear ft.
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Records of Mennonite Brethren Mission work in Japan. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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Includes records of Mennonite Brethren mission work in Japan, 1950-2004. This record group is organized into six series: I. Minutes. II. Individual files. III. Congregational records. IV. Schools. V. Other records. VI. Photographs
- Biographical / historical:
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The Board of Foreign Missions began planning for a mission work in Japan as early as 1948. The first Mennonite Brethren workers to go to Japan arrived in 1949 under the auspices of Mennonite Central Committee rather than the Board of Foreign Missions. The first MB missionary to Japan, Ruth Wiens, arrived there in August of 1950. Other missionary families followed in subsequent months and years, centering their operations in the Osaka/Kobe area. Since 1950 more than 30 Mennonite missionaries have served in Japan. The first Mennonite Brethren church services in Japan took place in May of 1951 and the first church members baptized in August of that year. In 1964 the Japanese churches organized as an independent Mennonite Brethren conference, the “Nippon Menonaito Burezaren Kyodan.”
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Missions -- Japan
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research
- Preferred citation:
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Records of Mennonite Brethren Mission work in Japan. Fresno Pacific University Mennonite Library and Archives
- Location of this collection:
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1717 S. Chestnut AvenueFresno, CA 93702, US
- Contact:
- (559) 453-3437