The Japan Assemblies of God (

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

:日本アッセンブリ－ズ・オブ・ゴッド教団 ''Nihon Assenburiizu obu Goddo Kyodan'') is a

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. It claims 10,766 adherents and 211 churches.World Assemblies of God Fellowship
Japan
Accessed September 24, 2010. It is also a member of the Japan Evangelical Association.

History

In 1913, the missionaries Carl and Frederike Juergensen arrived in Japan and began evangelizing the populace. In 1914, the Assemblies of God in the United States of America was formed, and the Juergensens became the first Assemblies of God missionaries to Japan. An Assemblies of God USA affiliated district of Japan was organized under the direction of missionaries in 1920. Under pressure from the Japanese wartime government, Assemblies of God churches joined the

United Church of Christ in Japan The United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ; ja, 日本基督教団 ''Nihon Kirisuto Kyōdan'', or ''Kyōdan'' for short) is the largest Protestant denomination in Japan. It is a union of thirty-three diverse Protestant denominations forcibly me ...

in 1941 but withdrew after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. In 1949, the self-governing Japan Assemblies of God was formed with 19 ministers and 17 congregations.

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* {{Pentecostal World Fellowship Assemblies of God National Fellowships Pentecostal denominations in Asia Finished Work Pentecostals Christian denominations founded in Japan Christian organizations established in 1949 1949 establishments in Japan Christian evangelical denominations in Japan