On April 18, the Oyasama Birth Celebration Service was conducted to celebrate the 220th birthday of the everliving Oyasama in the Main Sanctuary and Foundress’ Sanctuary of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. Approximately 60,000 followers from across Japan and overseas returned to Jiba yearning for…
Directors-in-Chief Sanctioned On March 26, Honbu-in Yoichiro Miyamori, 61, and Honbu-in Zensuke Nakata, 56, received sanction as the Director-in-Chief of Religious Affairs and the Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs, respectively. Rev. Miyamori is serving his first term, and Rev. Nakata his second term. Director-in-Chief Miyamori was born on July 31, 1956,…
Blessed with pleasant weather at the Home of the Parent, the March Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira first expressed his gratitude for God’s guidance, which had enabled…
Blessed with relatively mild and sunny weather at the Home of the Parent, the February Monthly Service of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters was performed on the 26th in the Main Sanctuary with the Shinbashira presiding as chief officiant. In the Service prayer, the Shinbashira expressed appreciation for God the Parentʼs profound…
The 20th session of the Seminar for Successors was held in Jiba, the Home of the Parent, between February 10 and 12 with an attendance of 1,404 men and women—which is the largest number so far for a session—not only from within Japan but also from overseas. […]
After the Spring Grand Service on January 26, the dismantling of Church Headquarters’ South Gate was initiated. […]