Fujimi-chō Church

Fujimi-cho Church
富士見町教会
Fujimi-cho Church (photographed 19 July 2019)
Fujimi-cho Church
35°42′07″N 139°44′42″E / 35.70194°N 139.74500°E / 35.70194; 139.74500
Location2-10-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
CountryJapan
DenominationUnited Church of Christ in Japan (Protestant)
Websitewww.fujimicho-kyokai.org
History
FoundedMarch 1887
FounderUemura Masahisa

Fujimi-cho Church (Japanese: 富士見町教会, Fujimi-chō Kyōkai) is a Protestant church belonging to the United Church of Christ in Japan, located in Fujimi 2-chome, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is one of the representative churches of Japanese Protestantism founded by Uemura Masahisa.

History

After graduating from the Tokyo Union Theological School (Tokyo Icchi Shingakkō), Uemura Masahisa began pioneer evangelism. In March 1887 he established the Bancho Church of the Japan Church of Christ (Nihon Kirisuto Icchi Kyōkai) in Sanbanchō, Kōjimachi. Later that year a church building was constructed at 48 Ichibanchō, Kōjimachi, and the congregation relocated there. In 1890, when the denomination changed its name to the Church of Christ in Japan (Nihon Kirisuto Kyōkai), the church was renamed Ichibanchō Church.

In 1906 the congregation moved to a newly built sanctuary at 6-3 Fujimi-chō and adopted its present name, Fujimi-cho Church. During the Taishō period it became a central congregation of the Church of Christ in Japan, largely due to Uemura’s influence.[1]

The church building was completely destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. After receiving a new plot of land, a new sanctuary was dedicated on 15 July 1929. It was rebuilt in 1985 and again in August 2013 as part of the Iidabashi Station West Exit urban redevelopment project (Iidabashi Grand Bloom). The current building stands at 2-10-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda.[2][3]

On 24–25 June 1941 the founding general assembly of the United Church of Christ in Japan was held at Fujimi-cho Church.

Pastors

  • 1st: Uemura Masahisa (1887–1925)
  • 2nd: Minami Renpei (1925–1926)
  • 3rd: Miyoshi Tsutomu (1927–1948)[4]
  • 4th: Shimamura Kikaku (1950–1979)
  • 5th: Kawazome Saburō
  • 6th: Matsunaga Kikuo
  • 7th: Kurahashi Yasuo
  • 8th: Fujimori Yūki (2014–present)

Notable members

Location

  • 2-10-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0071

Access

References

  1. ↑ Amamiya Eiichi, Bokushi Uemura Masahisa, Shinkyō Shuppansha, 2009, p. 307.
  2. ↑ Fujimi-cho Church. "History of Fujimi-cho Church" (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Iidabashi Station West Exit District Type 1 Urban Redevelopment Project [Office & Commercial Building] "Iidabashi Grand Bloom" [Residential Building] "Park Court Chiyoda Fujimi The Tower" Completed 15 June, Grand Opening 10 October – Tenant Announcement for Commercial Zone "Iidabashi Sakura Terrace"" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Iidabashi Station West Exit District Urban Redevelopment Association. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. ↑ From March 1948 he served as pastor emeritus. Nihon Kirisutokyō Rekishi Daijiten, p. 1376.
  5. ↑ “The Boy Who Turned Dreams into Reality — Masaru Ibuka, Builder of Sony”

See also

Further reading

  • Nakamura Satoshi, Nihon Purotesutanto Senkyōshi, Inochi no Kotoba-sha, 2009.
  • Amamiya Eiichi, Bokushi Uemura Masahisa, Shinkyō Shuppansha, 2009.
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