Futami Masayoshi, Chair of Treasurer Committee Mark the blameless, and behold the upright, for there is posterity for the peaceable. (Psalm 37:37) NCC held the 70th Anniversary Missionary Conference in July this year, and adopted the “NCC Mission Declaration 2019.” The word "peace" is used seven times in the declaration. Every midsummer of August, we fully realize the preciousness of "peace" on many occasions in our country. Our hearts are awakened to the preciousness of peace at this moment, not even in retrospect to the memorial of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the walk to defeat. However, ...

Regarding the anti-extradition bill protest that took place in Hong Kong on June 9th, the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC) published an urgent appeal. See the site here. Turn the language to English. NCC in Japan publishes a statement that supports the appeal. See the PDF below. HongKong190618 ...

Sungjae Kim, NCCJ General Secretary We learn how we recognize the grace of resurrection from the scripture. First, the blessings of resurrection would not be revealed to anyone. The disciples fled from the crucified Lord and, as written in the scripture, they were hiding in a room. What was floating in the room? It was sorrow, fear, remorse that they had abandoned the Lord and ran away, and it might have been an emptiness that they could not find a reason to live from now on. The revealing of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, as an amazing grace ...

Rev. Dr. Sungjae Kim, General Secretary of NCCJ, gave a keynote address titled "A Way of Mission of Hospitality and Peace" at the 4th International Theological Colloquium on Theological Ecumenism that was held in Tokyo on March 20th. See the PDF. A Way of Mission of Hospitality and Peace ...