May I begin by expressing my deep appreciation to all of you for attending today’s Autumn Grand Service despite the inclement weather. May I also thank you most sincerely for putting your hearts into performing the tasks of the path in various parts of the world. We have been able…
New Directors-in-Chief Appointed Honbu-in Hiroaki Yamazawa, 60, and Honbu-in Yoshitaro Ueda, 64, received sanction as the Director-in-Chief of Religious Affairs and the Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs, respectively, on October 26. Both are serving in their first terms. Director-in-Chief Yamazawa was born on August 24, 1949, and received the truth of…
At a recent monthly meeting of the Kanamekai (an association comprising the head ministers of all directly supervised churches), Rev. Masahiko Iburi–then Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs–formally announced that the Head Minister Qualification Course One would be changed to the Minister Preparatory Course (tentative English title). This program revision, due to…
Four delegates of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters–including Rev. Masahiko Iburi, Director–in-Chief of Administrative Affairs–attended the International Meeting of Prayer for Peace held in Krakow, Poland, from September 6 to 8. Co-organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio–a group of lay Catholic members headquartered in Rome–and the Archbishop of Krakow, the meeting was…
On the 26th, Church Headquarters conducted its September Monthly Service in the Main Sanctuary, with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Although it was a hot day with the temperature rising to 28°C (82.4°F), a cool breeze occasionally swept through the Sanctuary precincts. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira first…
Tenrikyo Overseas Department and Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in South Korea co-organized a lecture commemorating the mission headquarters’ 100th anniversary at Tenri University Furusato Assembly Hall on September 27. Invited as a guest speaker was Prof. Lee Won Bum, chair of the Department of Japanese Studies in the Graduate School at…