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Title: Japanese youth leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE YOUTH LEADER 1382 TOKYO -- Katsumi Nagamatsu is secretary of the student division of the Japanese YMCA and secretary of the Imperial University Y here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D-Y-Y)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Nihon Kirisutokyō Seinenkai Dōmei., Nagamatsu, Katsumi., Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with youth--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1382; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1382
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356984

Title: Congregationalist in Japanese church post.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CONGREGATIONALIST IN JAPANESE CHURCH POST 1383 TOKYO -- A former Congregationalist pastor in Yokohama, the Rev. Tokuso Hiraga now heads the general affairs department of the United Church of Christ in Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-12-5-D-O-M-D-C)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Hiraga, Tokuso., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Congregationalists--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1383; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1383
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356985

Title: Japanese Sunday school official.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICIAL 1387 TOKYO -- The Rev. Isamu Chiba is secretary of the Board of Sunday Schools of the United Church of Christ in Japan. A Baptist, he is standing in front of the building which houses the offices of the United Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-JAP-MS-125-OB)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Chiba, Isamu., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Sunday school superintendents--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1387; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1387
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356988

Title: Japanese church educational leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHURCH EDUCATIONAL LEADER #1395 TOKYO -- Tsuraki Yano, president of Meiji Gakuin school here, was one of the staunch defenders of Christianity during the war. Through his efforts the Christian principles of his institutions were safeguarded against the demands of the militarists. He is chairman of the Christian Educators’ Association of Japan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-P-DEN)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Yano, Tsuraki, 1886-1975., Meiji Gakuin--Faculty., Meiji Gakuin., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School administrators--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Church schools--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Minato-ku (Tokyo, Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1395; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1395
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356990

Title: Japanese chapel defaced during war.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHAPEL DEFACED DURING WAR #1397 TOKYO -- All Saints Chapel of St. Paul’s (Episcopal) University hero was untouched by the air raids, but was closed and used as a military storehouse, during which time the interior was defaced and an altar cross chiseled away. It is now being used after partial restoration of its fittings. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-A-E)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Rikkyō Daigaku--Buildings., Rikkyō Daigaku., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Buildings--War damage--Japan--Tokyo., Chapels--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan., Church buildings--Vandalism--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan), Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1397; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1397
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356991

Title: Executive committee of United Church of Christ in Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN JAPAN S-1392 TOKYO -- The executive committee of the United Church of Christ in Japan is at its first meeting since the end of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Congresses., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Japan--Tokyo., World War, 1939-1945., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1392; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-1392
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357023

Title: Heads United Church of Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: HEADS UNITED CHURCH OF JAPAN S-1393 TOKYO -- The Rev. Mitsuru Tomita is head of the United Church of Christ in Japan. He is expected to resign after the Church’s first general meeting in March. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RTB-TO-MES-1-6-W-D-M-DEN)
Creator Name(s): Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Tomita, Mitsuru., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan., Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Japan--Tokyo., Christian leadership--Japan., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1393; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-1393
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357024

Title: Youth for Christ in Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH FOR CHRIST IN JAPAN #3538 TOKYO -- Shoeless in the traditional Japanese custom, an American serviceman tells a Bible story to a group of Japanese youngsters during a meeting in the home of a Japanese member of the Youth for Christ movement. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-Y for C-BIB-Y)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Youth for Christ International.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3538; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3538
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359473

Title: Japanese Bible class.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE BIBLE CLASS #S-3649 TOKYO -- Former Japanese soldiers and army nurses are shown at a Bible class meeting held in a U.S. Army hospital here. Lt. John H. Thomas, Jr., of Montgomery, Ala., is leading the meeting with American GIs and officers (right) also participants. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (J-TOK-MES-5D-6-W-E)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Thomas, John H.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo., Soldiers--Japan., Nurses--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3649; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_S-3649
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359601

Title: Youth for Christ in Japan.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH FOR CHRIST IN JAPAN #3674 TOKYO -- Hiroto Mitsukawa, Japanese civilian, and U.S. Army M/Sgt. Elmore Blanton tell of their Christian experiences during a Youth for Christ meeting at the Ginza Methodist church here. Hiroto is a recent convert to Christianity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (J-TOK-MES-5D-6-M-I-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan), Youth for Christ International., Mitsukawa, Hiroto., Blanton, Elmore.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo., Witness bearing (Christianity), Christian converts--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3674; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3674
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359536

Title: Youth for Christ in Tokyo.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH FOR CHRIST IN TOKYO #3673 TOKYO -- Japanese civilians and American servicemen are led in a hymn by Lt. Paul Parker during a Youth for Christ meeting at Ginza Methodist church here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (J-TOK-MES-5D-6-M-I-C)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan), Youth for Christ International., Parker, Paul.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Hymns., Singing., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3673; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3673
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359535

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3341 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here members are participating in a Sunday afternoon religious service held above a print shop in a Tokyo suburb. Proprietor of the shop is Mr. Ichonomia (lower left), for over 50 years a Christian evangelist in Japan. Nisei Lt. William Y. Uyeda, of Chicago, is leading the singing while at the baritone horn is Pfc Bob Lee, of Terre Haute, Ind. Seated behind table is Pvt. Kenneth Lundell, of Kennedy, Minn. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Lee, Bob., Uyeda, William Y., Lundell, Kenneth.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans., Evangelistic work--Japan.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3341; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3341
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359338

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3343 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here members of the Fellowship, on their way to visit a Japanese hospital, stop to talk with youngsters at the hospital gate. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan)
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Children--Japan--Tokyo., Church work with the sick--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3343; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3343
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359340

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3342 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here members of the group are participating in the weekly GI Gospel Hour held at Ginza Methodist church. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan)
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Hymns., Singing.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3342; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3342
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359339

Title: All smiles for the camera.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ALL SMILES FOR THE CAMERA #3338 TOKYO -- Bible in hand, Pvt. Bob Lee, of Terre Haute, Ind., is an interested onlooker as these Japanese youngsters pose atop the hood of his weapons carrier here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-O-M)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Lee, Bob.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Children--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3338; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3338
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359335

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3337 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here two GI members pay a bedside visit to a Japanese patient a local hospital. T/4 John P. Taylor, of Chicago, (left) talks to the patient about the Bible with Lt. J.I. Kawakami, of Seattle, Wash., acting as interpreter. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Taylor, John P., Kawakami, J.I.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Church work with the sick--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc., World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3337; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3337
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359334

Title: Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3391 TOKYO -- One of the best-organized bodies of its kind in the Orient is the Christian Fellowship Group here. Composed of Japanese Christians, American and British servicemen, and missionaries, it was started last October. President of the Fellowship is Miss Kiku Ishihara, a graduate of Columbia University, New York, who now is head of a Christian elementary school here. The Fellowship holds mid-weekly meetings as well as Sunday services. Recently the group donated 5,000 yen to sponsor medical aid for Japanese war orphans. And it also provides funds for the support of Japanese ministers and the Japan Biblical Seminary. Here three members are lending support to a Japanese Christian street meeting in downtown Tokyo. The Japanese preacher is holding one of the new Testaments sent to Japan by the American Bible Society. Left to right the GIs are T/5 Robert Posey, Okolona, Miss.; Pvt. Shelby Duncan, Porterville, Calif., and Pvt. Kenneth Lundell, Kennedy, Minn. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Posey, Robert., Duncan, Shelby., Lundell, Kenneth., American Bible Society.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan., Japan., Japan, Tokyo., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3391; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3391
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359380

Title: Street evangelist.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 3323 Japanese Christian Youth delivers Gospel message to group of interested Japanese on street corner in Tokyo residential district.
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Soldiers--United States., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects: United States., Japan, Tokyo., Japan., Tokyo (Japan), Asia--Japan--Tōkyō--Tokyo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 3323; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_3323
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359327

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