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The Japan Baptist Association (日本バプテスト連合, Nippon Baputesuto Rengō) is a Landmark Independent Baptist denomination in Japan, related to the American Baptist Association. Its origins go back to 1952, [ 1 ] when Eugene M. Reagan from Texas began missionary activity.
Fukuoka Seibu Baptist Church. The Convention has its origins in an American mission of the International Mission Board in southwestern Japan in 1889. [1] It was officially founded in 1947. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 320 churches and 13,975 members. [3]
The Alliance is divided into six regional or geographical fellowships: North American Baptist Fellowship, Caribbean Baptist Fellowship, Latin American Baptist Union, European Baptist Federation, Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, and All-Africa Baptist Fellowship. [2]
On Palm Sunday, worshipers receive blessed palm leaves at church; some locations (especially those further north) use substitutes like pussy willow branches or flowers if obtaining palms is ...
This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, April 2, 2023, but every year, it's celebrated for the same important reason: to commemorates Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem.
The Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) is a federation of 65 Baptist associations and is one of six regional fellowships in the Baptist World Alliance. The headquarters is in Okinawa City , Japan .
The first worship service took place in the "Little Theatre" of Laguna Hills High School on Palm Sunday, in 1980. [7] In 1995, it dedicated a new building in Lake Forest including a 3,500-seat auditorium. [8] In 2003, Saddleback Church, Kay and Rick Warren founded the P.E.A.C.E. Plan, a humanitarian development program for churches. [9] [10]
Tokyo Baptist Church (Japanese: 東京バプテスト教会) is a Baptist multi-site church based in Shibuya Tokyo, Japan. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention .