Tokyo Baptist Church, Christian church in Shibuya-ku, Japan.
Tokyo Baptist Church is a Christian church in the Shibuya-ku district of Tokyo, with its main building set in a residential neighborhood. The building houses spaces for weekly services, Bible study groups, counseling, and children's activities.
The church was founded in 1957 by Pastor William Jackson, who established the first English-language Baptist congregation outside the United States. It remains one of the oldest Protestant communities for English speakers in Tokyo.
Services are held in English with Japanese interpretation, so both English-speaking and Japanese visitors can follow along. The congregation draws people from many countries and is known as one of the main international Protestant communities in Tokyo.
The main building is in a residential area and easy to reach on foot. Modest dress is expected, and some areas may not be accessible during ongoing programs.
The congregation supports Baptist communities in Pacific island nations such as Fiji and Tonga through missionary work. This makes a church in a Tokyo residential neighborhood the starting point of a network that reaches well beyond Japan.
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