The two recent earthquakes in the area around Kumamoto (a foreshock with a magnitude of 6.2 on April 14 and a mainshock with a magnitude of 7.3 on the 16th) and frequent aftershocks, destroyed or damaged a large number of homes and other buildings, leaving approximately 23,000 people in temporary…
Tenrikyo Women’s Association held its 98th convention in the Inner Courtyard of Church Headquarters on April 19, the day after the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service. The occasion drew 41,000 members. On the day of the convention, the Home of the Parent was blessed with clear blue skies. When the registration…
Heads of Bureaus and Departments Heads of bureaus and departments and chiefs of sections were appointed on March 26 as follows: Office of the Shinbashira Head Tadao Tosa, Ritual Affairs Bureau Head Motoo Matsuda, Oyasato-yakata Management Bureau Head Tokiro Iwasa, Finance Bureau Head Hiroyoshi Shimamura, and Security Bureau Head Itaro…
On February 25, Tenrikyo Young Men’s Association held its monthly meeting, which was attended by about 200 people including chapter chairmen from directly supervised churches and dioceses. At the beginning of the meeting, Association President Daisuke Nakayama took the podium to give his address, in which he first expressed his…
Oyasama once said to a follower: “If you do something with gratitude, no matter how hard or unpleasant it may be, your virtue will reach heaven. Virtue which is accepted by God will be turned into joy. But no matter how hard or trying the work that you do may…
Shuyoka has recently made reforms to its program with the aim of having students feel closer to the teachings and learn them in a more practical manner.