I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world. (Revelation 3:10)
Yukiko Maki, NCCJ Secretary Easter has arrived. Having been baptized on Easter, I have a special feeling about Easter that is different from Christmas. Easter is birthday as a Christian for me, and on this day, I am grateful for the year I spent safely, and it is also the time to reset myself for a new year that God will make use of. It all started when the junior high school I entered was a private Christian school. I wasn't born and raised in a Christian home, but I chose that school simply because I could attend from home ...
Jesus Cries Together in the Cave of Tears
"Jesus began to weep." John 11:35 Kano Yoshitaka Kenzaburo Oe introduced the words of Simone Veil in his lecture. "What is the most important attitude for humans? It is to ask other people or neighbors ‘What’s your trouble?'" Asking this way is human, and that's where human-like behavior begins. To those who have been worried and anxious in the series of events caused by the new coronavirus, and those who have been worried about hate and elimination that have spread beyond the virus, with Simone Veil's word I greet you. You might be suffering. Under the same events that we ...
Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.” (Mark 9:49)
Atsuko HIKI, General Secretary of NCCJ Division of Christian Education It has been two and a half years since the Peace Education Resource Center was established, and this year has marked the 113th year since the establishment of the Nippon Sunday School Association (NSSA). Churches, seminaries, and organizations of different denominations and religions had visited the center continuously, and also we have had visitors from Korea, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Europe. There are frequently asked questions both at home and abroad. "Why did the whole country including political and business establishments and the Imperial household ministry support ‘the 8th World Sunday ...
Notice of Christmas Holidays
NCC office will be closed Dec. 21st to Jan. 5th. We will reply to emails we receive during this period after the 6th. Thank you ...
Typhoon Hagibis Japan Situation Report
The typhoon Faxai and Hagibis that hit Japan consecutively in September and October left great damages in vast areas of East Japan. ACT Japan Forum has been conducting support activities in Minami-Boso of Chiba Prefecture. Here is the situation report. TyphoonSituationReportTyphoon Hagibis Situation Report ...