Covenant News - Japan Covenant Seminary Marks 50 Years -
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Published on: 2/9/2002
Last Visited: 10/30/2002
Jay Haworth, Covenant missionary in Japan and acting country coordinator for the Evangelical Covenant Church, brought a greeting from the Covenant's Department of World Mission.
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The diversity of teachers has given the seminary a rich educational flavor, said Haworth.
"Throughout its history, teachers have been drawn from the missionary community, from among Covenant pastors and from a rich variety of non-Covenant evangelical denominations," said Haworth."This mix has uniquely prepared Covenant Seminary to train students from a wide variety of backgrounds and has enabled it to effectively reach out beyond its own Covenant denomination."
Since being founded on October 12, 1952, by Nihon Seikei Shingakko and the Japan Swedish Covenant Church, a total of 450 men and women from more than 15 denominations and other independent churches have graduated from Covenant Seminary.Of that number, four are missionaries, 22 are evangelists and 154 are pastors, including 19 pastors currently serving Covenant congregations.Covenant Seminary graduates have planted a total of 50 new churches in various denominations.
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For more information on the school and its 50th anniversary event, email Haworth at jhaworth@wta.att.ne.jp.
October 30, 2002
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