an English, Reformed Church in Tokyo Japan or bible study group

Hi everyone,
This is my very first post here on Sermonindex.
First of all, I will introduce myself.
I`m Marco, Dutch, and living in Tokyo Japan.

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I`m now visiting a Japanese church. But my Japanese is still very bad, so I would like to visit an English church service once a while.
I haven`t found any English service in the Tokyo Area somewhere between Shibuya, Ueno, and Tokyo
(I live about 10 minutes east from Tokyo Station by subway.)
Except some which I don`t really like to visit. Cos of their theological view.. or missing of a theological view.
Is there any good, biblical, evangelic/ reformed church in the area mentioned above?

Or are there any people on this forum, who are currently living in Tokyo, and who are having a bible study group?

If anyone has a suggestion, please let me know

http://www.gcfjapan.com/

http://gracejapan.com/

Hey brother, from what I understand this is a pretty Biblical Church. I have talked to the guy a little and know a few people that he does. He's a missionary from the US. I also know the non denomination that he is affiliated with to some degree which is pretty solid. They also do a lot of good works on a high level to the people.

If this doesn't work out for you I might know some other people in Japan that I can talk to who have some things going on there.

Hi, thanks for your reply,
unfortunately this church is too far, about 1hour 45minutes by train.....

I`m searching one more central, between say: ikebukuro, Ueno, Tokyo, Shibuya .. if you make this
The closer to Tokyo station, the better.

I talked to the pastor and he told me about these Churches. Don't know if its good enough, but it was the best I could come up with. May the Lord provide for you.

New Hope Tokyo www.newhope.jp/

Jesus LifeHouse www.jesuslifehouse.com/eng/

Hi, thanks for your reply again.
I know the Jesuslifehouse, but I`m not really interested in that church....
Not reformed evangelical teaching.

looks like it`s difficult to find a biblical church in Tokyo 8-)

I have no idea where this would be in location to you, but I do know that Michael Oh has a Bible study/ Church plant in connection to the seminary.

Here's the link for the Seminary-
[url=http://www.cbijapan.org/fonts/aboutsem/leadership.htm]CBI Japan[/url]

He spoke at the desiring God conference last year on fasting and it was very good.

Hello,

thanks for your message,
I will take a look into that.....

Thanks!!

Did you find a good church in Tokyo? Please share the information if possible. Thank you.

I spent six months as a missionary in Japan a couple years ago. One of the churches that had a good reputation among expats is Tokyo Baptist Church which meets in Shibuya (http://www.tokyobaptist.org/)

Jesus Life House is another place you might check out (it has already been mentioned)... it is a Hill Songs church plant, so they have a more charismatic praise/worship centered service which has actually been very successful in reaching Japanese young people--although there might not be the depth you might expect there to be coming from a Dutch Reformed tradition.

You might want to go and inquire about different English language churches at the Ochanomizu Christian Center (OCC). It is a multi-story building that houses the Japanese offices of many different ministries. This is a very important place for Christians in Tokyo and has the best Christian book store that I know of in Tokyo (a Christian Literature Crusade bookstore). They also have one of the Jesus Life House meetings at OCC, so you could kill two birds with one stone so to speak.

In Tokyo the Christian community is diverse, but not divisive. I know of people from lots of faith traditions worshipping together--its funny how being in a foreign place draws together Christians from diverse backgrounds. Most evangelical and mainline protestant denominations in Japan freely interact with each other, more so than anywhere else I have been. Although the Catholics tend to keep to themselves--it is worth checking out the Sophia campus just to see what they are up to as well.

Hi,

Did you ever find a good church in Tokyo?