any japanese christians here

[marcelineabader]

im looking for christian japenese penpals that can may or can not help me with my japanese and i really want friends from japan

 

[hijodeganas]

It's extremely rare to find Japanese people who are Christians, but good luck.

 

[EmeraldRadiance]

The odds of a Japanese Christian that speaks English and that also frequents this forum are really slim. The only way to find them is to contact Japanese Missionaries from an American church. The missionaries themselves might not be Japanese, but they will know Japanese Christians in their local church in Japan.

 

[Kurama]

It's extremely rare to find Japanese people who are Christians, but good luck.

Also extremely rare to find Chinese Christians...

 

[Kuraisto]

There are some Japanese churches within the US. Even Kentucky has one.

 

[Faithfulandtrue]

I know a lot of Japanese Christians.

 

[trinitywarrior]

I am looking for a Christian Japanese email buddy.

 

[dude99]

Also extremely rare to find Chinese Christians...

There are many Japanese Christians out there. In my country there are so many Chinese people that are Christian plus its so easy to find a Chinese language church in my country

 

[Yusuphhai]

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[Daniel9v9]

I'm not Japanese, but I relocated to Osaka almost 2 years ago. In Japan, it's estimated that only 1% of the population is Christian. Despite this, I do see churches scattered around. I'm attending an international church in central Osaka and there are many Japanese Christians there as well. Many of them speak pretty good English. However, I'm not sure how many of them would know about this forum - I think many Japanese people tend to stick to their own social media and forums, unless they want to learn English. A bit tricky!

 

[FireDragon76]

Most Japanese Christians are Roman Catholic or Anglican.

 

[April_Rose]

Also extremely rare to find Chinese Christians...

No kidding.

 

[jacks]

Also extremely rare to find Chinese Christians...

Actually China is one of the top 10 countries with number (Note: not percent of population.) of Christians. THIS site would put in even higher.

 

[April_Rose]

Actually China is one of the top 10 countries with number (Note: not percent of population.) of Christians. THIS site would put in even higher.

Christians and Communism doesn't seem to go together though. :/

 

[jacks]

Christians and Communism doesn't seem to go together though. :/

No it doesn't, but they find a way despite the difficulties.

 

[FireDragon76]

Christians and Communism doesn't seem to go together though. :/

China actually has two national churches accepted by the government, and numerous unofficial churches, as well as millions of Christians. Far more than in Japan.

China is officially communist however its relationship to communist ideology is complex and Marx himself was not as "negative" towards religion as much as American propaganda suggested. He merely viewed religion as an aspiration of ordinary people towards a better life, one that could not be fulfilled in this world due to oppressive social systems. That's not seeing religion in a "negative" light so much as seeing religion as misguided.

Following the Cultural Revolution of the 1960's, China gradually eased restrictions on the practice of many forms of traditional religion. However, many other forms of Christianity that are familiar to western Christians (such as Pentecostalism or Evangelicalism) are illegal and only practiced in secret in China.

 

[FireDragon76]

The odds of a Japanese Christian that speaks English and that also frequents this forum are really slim. The only way to find them is to contact Japanese Missionaries from an American church. The missionaries themselves might not be Japanese, but they will know Japanese Christians in their local church in Japan.

Most Japanese Christians are Catholics, less than 1 percent of the population, with their historic home near Nagasaki.

The next largest denomination are Anglicans in the style of American Episcopalians.

Most Japanese view Christianity with a sense of exoticism, in the same sense that western people view eastern religions- they might like the imagery of the religion, and indeed, many Japanese like the idea of being married in a western-style church, but the appreciation tends to end there. They aren't generally interested in converting to the religion because much of the western religious ethos runs contrary to Japanese religious sensibilities (dogma and exclusivism, for instance). Japan also has its own indingenous religious movements such as Jodo Shu and Jodo Shinshu that fulfill some of the religious sentiments found in Christianity.