Records of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, 1958-1978 (inclusive).

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Records of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations, 1958-1978 (inclusive).

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Historical materials, surveys, material relating to mission stations.

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Yale University Library

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United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations

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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 c...