Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Thomas, John H.
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan), Youth for Christ International., Mitsukawa, Hiroto., Blanton, Elmore.
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan), Youth for Christ International., Parker, Paul.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Hymns., Singing., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359535
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Youth for Christ International.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359473
Title:
Gospel hour at Ginza Methodist church, Tokyo.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: GOSPEL HOUR AT GINZA METHODIST CHURCH, TOKYO---Sgt. Duane Hauser, 1st Cavalry Division, leads 300 American soldiers and civilians and Japanese in singing. GI Gospel hour is held every Saturday evening at the downtown Tokyo church, intact from numerous air raids. Jones-Tokyo
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan), Hauser, Duane.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Hymns., Singing.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359472
Title:
Seder ceremonies in Tokyo.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SEDER CEREMONIES IN TOKYO #3535 TOKYO -- For the first time in history the Jewish Festival of Freedom was celebrated on a community scale throughout Japan and Korea as American servicemen observed the traditional rites. Picture above shows Seder held in the Headquarters Building mess hall here. More than 1,000 attended. Chaplain Joseph Weiss of Brooklyn, (left), is conducting the service assisted by Pfc Paul Levins, of Philadelphia, (center) and 1/Lt. Alfred Goodman, of Lima, Ohio, (right). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-J)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Levins, Paul., Goodman, Alfred., Weiss, Joseph.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Seder., Fasts and feast--Judaism., Passover--Japan--Tokyo., Chaplains--Japan--Tokyo., Military chaplains--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359471
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Posey, Robert., Duncan, Shelby., Lundell, Kenneth., American Bible Society.
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359380
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan)
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Ginza Methodist Church (Tokyo, Japan)
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc., Hymns., Singing.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359339
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Lee, Bob., Uyeda, William Y., Lundell, Kenneth.
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359338
Title:
Tokyo Christian Fellowship group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP GROUP Front Row, left to right--Sam Tamashiro, Hawaii; Duane R. Engholm, Ashland, Wis.; Duane R. Hauser, Linden, Penna; Bob Lee, Terre Haute, Ind.; Miss Kiku Ishihara, Tokyo, Japan; Dick Holmes, Minneapolis, Minn.; Jake I. Kawakami, ; Toshio Sakamoto, Mountain View, Calif.; Dr. Misao Suzuki, Karuizawa, Japan. Second Row, left to right, Rudolph G. Sauter, St. Paul, Minn.; Chaplain A.J. Pate, Texas City, Texas; Jack L. Simmons, Torrington, Wyo.; Jim Toda, Josephine E. Tsutada, Tokyo, Japan; Viola A. Roberts, La Porte, Ind.; Seiko Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan; Jake Collins, Duluth, Minn.; John H. Thomas Jr., Montgomery, Ala. Third Row--Left to right, Tom C. Innes, Asheville, N.C.; Harry A. Bullis, New Lisbon, Wis.; Eddie C. Karnes, Tacoma, Wash.; Dale Munier, Dayton, Ohio; Paul V. Jones, Mt. Vernon, Ill.; Bill Watkins, Erie, Penna.; William Y. Uyeda, Chicago, Ill., Lincoln Saito, Tokyo, Japan. Back Row, left to right--Dalton E. Azlin, Memphis, Tenn.; Robert Manley, Riverside, Calif.; Jim Hafferning, ; Kenneth P. Lundell, Kennedy, Mich.; Dick van Andel, Muskegon, Mich.; Morris Stickler, Philadelphia, Penna.; John P. Taylor, Osceola Mills, Penna.; Douglas C. Hall, Alamosa, Iowa; Seiji Horiuchi, Brighton, Colorado. Endit J. Tok. O.M.
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan)
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359337
Title:
Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TOKYO CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP #3339 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 a hospital visiting team of the group is gathered before setting out on a weekly visit to a nearby hospital. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE (JON-TOK-MES-5C-6-R-M-O)
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan)
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Church work with the sick--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359336
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Lee, Bob.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Children--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan), Taylor, John P., Kawakami, J.I.
Topics:
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:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359334
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.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Evangelistic work--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359327
Title:
Tokyo Evangelism meeting.
Description:
Draft of RNS caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topics:
Bible. New Testament., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359297
Title:
Tokyo Christian Fellowship.
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 5th. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Tokyo Christian Fellowship (Tokyo, Japan)
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan., Christianity--Japan., Church work with the sick--Japan--Tokyo., Christianity--Societies, etc.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359274
Title:
American Bible Society sent 100,000 New Testaments to Japan.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topics:
Bible. New Testament., Bible, Japanese--Versions., Christianity--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359267
Title:
Lutheran Theological.
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nihon Rūteru Shingaku Daigaku.
Topics:
College buildings--Japan--Tokyo., Universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Christian universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo., Lutheran universities and colleges--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358990
Title:
Japanese Christian back at his post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: JAPANESE CHRISTIAN BACK AT HIS POST TOKYO -- Prof. Tadao Yanaihara (above) has resumed his post in the economic department of the Imperial University here after being ousted by the former Japanese government for his opposition to its foreign policies and because of his anti-war attitude. Prof. Yanaihara is a member of the Mukyokai, a society of Christian intellectual members of [sic] which do not attend church services. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO RB-TOK-MES-3D-6
Creator:
Baker, Richard Terrill, 1913-1981. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Yanaihara, Tadao, 1893-1961., Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku--Faculty.
Topics:
College teachers--Japan--Tokyo., Dissenters--Japan--Tokyo., Pacifists--Japan., Christian converts--Japan--Tokyo.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358989

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