Japan Lutheran Church

Japan Lutheran Church
日本ルーテル教団 Nihon Ruteru Kyoudan
Logo of the JLC
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationConfessional Lutheran
PolityCongregationalist
LeaderRev. Shin SHIMIZU
AssociationsInternational Lutheran Council, Lutheran World Federation
RegionJapan
OriginSeptember 19, 1948
Tokyo, Japan
Branched fromLutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Congregations35
Members766 baptized

The Japan Lutheran Church (日本ルーテル教団, Nihon Ruteru Kyoudan) or NRK (based on its Romaji initials) is a confessional Lutheran denomination in Japan. It currently has approximately 766 baptized members[1] in 35 congregations nationwide.[2]

The current chairman of the NRK is Rev. Shinri Emoto.[3]

  1. ^ LWF Statistics - Japan Archived 2018-02-03 at the Wayback Machine The Lutheran World Federation
  2. ^ International Lutheran Council: Member Archived 2007-06-17 at the Wayback Machine – Japan Lutheran Church
  3. ^ "Room of Chairman". Archived from the original on 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.