{"id":46,"date":"2010-03-26T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T00:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=46"},"modified":"2011-02-16T01:43:25","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T01:43:25","slug":"mission-forum-features-activities-in-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.tenrikyo.org\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Tenri University\u2019s Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion: Mission Forum Features Activities in Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the afternoon of February 26, Tenri University\u2019s Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion held the sixth Mission Forum with the support of Tenrikyo Overseas Department. The forum provides opportunities to reflect on the history of the overseas mission and to think about how Tenrikyo should conduct its activities if they are to be sustainable into the future. Entitled \u201cVarious Activities in the Congo Mission,\u201d the latest session focused on the Republic of the Congo, which reaches the 50-year mark this year since Tenrikyo\u2019s first arrival in 1960. In the forum, presentations were given by three individuals who have engaged in a variety of activities in the Congo.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Tetsuya Tani, 65, former head of Loukakou Mission Station, first took the podium for his presentation entitled \u201cMissionary Activities in Remote Areas of the Congo.\u201d After sharing with the audience his missionary experience in the Congo\u2014where he served for three and half years as a staff member of Tenrikyo Overseas Mission Department\u2014he also provided detailed explanations about the food conditions and social structure of the country.<\/p>\n

The next speaker, Ms. Yuriko Yanase, 62, spoke on the topic of \u201cThrough My Experience as a Nurse.\u201d She talked about her own experience in interacting with many people in the Congo while providing medical care as a member of the 10th session of Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital\u2019s medical corps, which stayed there for a year starting in 1971.<\/p>\n

The last presentation, entitled \u201cMeeting the Needs of the Local Community: Report on Activities at Congo Brazzaville Church from the Year 2000,\u201d was given by Mr. Yomei Mori, researcher at Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion. After describing the doctrinal seminars and some cultural activities organized at the church, he went on to speak about childcare and other activities conducted at Tenrikyo General Education Center, which was built within the church grounds two years ago. \u201cThese activities, seen as Tenrikyo\u2019s social contributions following Ikoi-no-Ie Hospital\u2019s medical corps, are the center of local people\u2019s hopes. In the future, hopefully they will have a significant impact on the missionary work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The closing remarks were delivered by Overseas Department Vice Head Noriaki Nagao, who said: \u201cThe path in the Congo seems to be about to bloom despite the fact that once it almost faced failure due to a civil war. We would like to promote various activities ever more vigorously in unison with the local followers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the afternoon of February 26, Tenri University\u2019s Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion held the sixth Mission Forum with the support of Tenrikyo Overseas Department. The forum provides opportunities to reflect on the history of the overseas mission and to think about how Tenrikyo should conduct its activities\u2026<\/p>\n

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