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Japan's Protestants to mark 150th mission anniversary

Protestants in Japan are preparing to mark the 150th anniversary in 2009 of the beginning of Protestant missionary work in the country, at a special assembly in Japan's second-largest city of Yokohama, reports Ecumenical News International.

"The significance of this assembly is found in that we will be thankful for Japan's Protestant mission as a work begun by the Lord Jesus Christ, and for the start of a new phase in the past 50 years, so that we may receive a new vision looking to the future," said the Rev. Makoto Watabe, general secretary of the Japan Bible Society and secretary general of the committee that is organizing the two-day assembly in July 2009.

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[09/30/2008]

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