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The first Presbyterian missionaries to Japan arrived in Yokohama in 1859. Despite hostility experienced by the missionaries throughout the closing decades of the 19th century, mission activities continued to expand. After 1906, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church transferred its work in Japan to the PCUSA Board of Foreign Missions. The mission's work was primarily educational and evangelistic. Because of the extensive system of Japanese hospitals and primary schools, the Board made no effort to compete, concentrating instead on Christian secondary and higher education facilities for girls and young women. In addition, it established ten kindergartens, and the Oral School for the Deaf, and cooperated in the operation of two theological seminaries. The beginnings of an indigenous national church date from 1872, when the first local congregation was organized in Yokohama. In 1877, representatives of the PCUSA, the Reformed Church in America, and the United Church of Scotland established the United Church of Christ in Japan (Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan), and were later joined by the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. and the Reformed Church in the United States.

From the description of Secretaries' files: Japan Mission minutes, 1911-1955 [microform] (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 501319293

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