Sapporo Independent Christian Church Explained

Sapporo Independent Christian Church
Imagealt:A black-and-white drawing of an old wooden church. The church is small and has no steeple.
Pushpin Map:Japan
Pushpin Map Alt:Location of Sapporo Independent Christian Church in Japan.
Map Caption:Location of the church in Japan.
Coordinates:43.0566°N 141.3238°W
Location:Sapporo
Country:Japan
Denomination:Independent
Founder:Uchimura Kanzō
People:Nitobe Inazō

The is a church located in Sapporo, Japan. It was founded in 1881 by students of William S. Clark at the Sapporo Agricultural College.[1] [2] These students became known as the "Sapporo band" of Christians.[3] Although Clark had returned to the United States by the time the church was founded, he supported it financially and corresponded with its members through letters. Members of the church include Uchimura Kanzō, who went on to found the non-church movement, and Nitobe Inazō, who became president of the Tokyo Women's Christian College, an under-secretary at the League of Nations, and was the author of .

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Duke, Benjamin C. . The History of Modern Japanese Education: Constructing the National School System, 1872-1890 . limited . 2009 . 217 . Piscataway, New Jersey . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-4648-3.
  2. Book: Beauchamp, Edward R. . Iriye . Akira . Foreign employees in nineteenth-century Japan . 82 . Westview . Boulder . 1990 . 978-0-8133-7555-7 . registration .
  3. Nitobe Inazō and the Sapporo Band: Reflections on the Dawn of Protestant Christianity in Early Meiji Japan . Oshiro, George M. . Japanese Journal of Religious Studies . 2007 . 34 . 1 . 99–126.