JAPAN MEDIA MINISTRIES (partial listing)
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Pacific
Broadcasting Association (PBA)
PBA began airing The Light of the World radio program in 1952 -- only one year
after the nation's first radio broadcasting service was launched. PBA's current
productions include the 30-minute TV program Life Line, which is seen in most of
Japan. This program developed out of the earlier ministry of The PTL Club in
Japan during the early 1980s. The program's outreach has now expanded to become a broader
tool for helping people with various needs, including suicide prevention.
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C.P.O. Box 1000
Tokyo 100-91
Tel. 03-3295-4921 / Fax 03-3233-2650
E-mail: pba@path.ne.jp
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Far
East Broadcasting Co. (FEBC), Japan Center
This is the largest Christian radio ministry in the world. Many Japanese programs for
evangelism and Christian life are produced, and then broadcast back into Japan from FEBC
stations abroad. Both medium and short wave bands are used.
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4-13-2 Kichijoji Kita-cho
Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0001
Tel. 0422-20-1566 / Fax 0422-20-4335
Website: http://www.febc.org/
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Harvest Time
Ministries
This 30-minute weekly TV program has been broadcasting since 1986. It is currently seen on
13 regional Japanese stations and two U.S. stations. Using a magazine-style format, the
goal of the program is to convey the love of God and His Son, the living Christ. Harvest
Time became the first Christian TV program to be carried by a Japanese satellite
service (DirecTV) in April of 1998. It is currently carried
on SKYPerfecTV! DBS service in Japan (ch. 216), and the SkyAngel
service (ch. 9701) of the DISH™
Network in the U.S.
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1-21-85 Senpukugaoka
Susono-shi, Shizuoka 410-1115
Tel. 0559-93-8880 / Fax 0559-93-8883
E-mail: harvest@par.odn.ne.jp
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Yamato Calvary
Chapel
The media ministry of this dynamic evangelical church began a weekly one-hour satellite
broadcast in 1998 as part of the vision of long-time pastor, Rev. Tsugumichi Ohkawa.
Becoming the first regularly-aired Christian program on the SKY
PerfecTV! DBS service,
the "Calvary Chapel Hour" airs Sundays from 7-8 p.m. on the "Better Life
Channel" ( 216), free to all subscribers. The TV program, which features music
and the messages of Pastor Ohkawa, joins with Calvary's long-running "Morning
Chapel" (Sundays, 6-7 a.m.) and "Midnight Chapel" (Sundays, 11
p.m.-midnight) radio series on FM-Yamato (77.7MHz) to create one of the most powerful
church media ministries in the country.
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Christian
Communications International
This group began Japan's first regular Christian TV broadcasts in the 1970s by airing the Rex
Humbard program throughout the nation. Although the program is no longer available on
TV, the ministry continues to follow up those touched by the programs.
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Friendship
Radio
Begun in1989 by TEAM missionary Steve Tygert, this
organization operates Japan's first nationwide 24-hour Christian programming service
through a cable radio system. It airs over Osaka Yusen Cable Radio on channel K-3 and is
installed in over 2 million homes nationwide.
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12-24, Atago 3-chome
Niiza-shi, Saitama 352-0021
Tel. 0484-81-1987
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The Japan New
Media Missions Association
This new organization is a supported outreach of the Yodobashi Church in Tokyo and is
actively preparing for a satellite broadcasting ministry in the near future.
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1-17-8 Hyakunin-cho
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0073
Tel. 03-3368-9008 / Fax 03-3368-9298
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Japan Mission
This
ministry was founded by Neil and Peggy Verwey in 1957 and has long served a multifaceted
role in evangelism in Japan. Originally involved in film outreach and book publishing,
current activities include audio and video recording of special events through their
Shinnihon Audio Visual Evangelism (S.A.V.E.) work. |
