Appointed on April 18 to the position of Honbu-in (Church Headquarters executive staff members) were Bishop Toyoo Tsuji of the Mission Headquarters in America, Bishop Yuji Murata of the Mission Headquarters in Brazil, and Nioigake Section Chief Yoshizumi Nakayama of the Mission Department (who also serves as head minister of…
On April 1, the Education and Nurture Department (headed by Rev. Motoyoshi Tomimatsu) launched Tenrikyo Basics Course, taking the first step in the implementation of Church Headquarters’ new instructional system. The Basics Course is designed to introduce Tenrikyo to those who, though interested in Tenrikyo or seeking salvation, have yet…
The March Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was conducted in the Main Sanctuary on the 26th with the Shinbashira presiding. The worship halls and precincts were filled with a great number of followers, including the young people who had come for the Students’ Spring Pilgrimage to Jiba. The Shinbashira…
(From the Tenri Jiho newspaper, Mar. 30, 2003) The war that began in Iraq on the 20th of this month is threatening to escalate. To all those affected by the war including the people who were injured or lost their lives, I wish to express my deepest sympathy and heartfelt…
Sankokan Museum, reopened on its present site in November 2001, is one of only several public institutions recently commended by Nara Prefecture for having achieved a high level of barrier free accessibility. In 1997 Nara Prefecture passed a municipal ordinance designed to promote barrier free environments and has since given…
On February 25, Hinokishin School held a symposium at the Home of the Parent to discuss the teaching of a “thing lent, a thing borrowed”–the teaching that the human body belongs to God, whose body is the entire universe. The event, attended by 260 people, provided a helpful perspective on…