|
|
Article: The congregational leadership crisis facing the Japanese church.
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
-
;
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Overseas Ministries Study Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
This article examines the clergy shortage and congregational leadership crisis facing the largest Protestant denomination in Japan: the Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan (United Church of Christ in Japan, hereafter UCCJ), a body formed through the union of mostly Presbyterian, Reformed, Methodist, and Congregational mission churches. The crisis is multifaceted. Looking ahead, a demographically based shortfall in trained pastoral leadership, tied to the graying of the Japanese populace and the exceptionally low birth rate (around 1.3 percent), is rapidly approaching. In the present, changes in ministerial recruitment, in understanding the function of church schools, and in the demographic ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|