CHRIST OF FAITH IN JAPAN: Christianity in Japan is embraced by only 1% to 1.5% of its 127 million Japanese people. Majority of Japanese are of Shinto and Buddhist faith. Nevertheless, if one is looking for illustrations of Christian commitment, the beginnings of Christianity in Japan provide tremendous examples of costly discipleship and martyrdom for Christ. In this podcast, Asiamerica Mainstreaming narrates the persecution of Christians during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate and how the blood of the martyrs in Japan have become the seeds of the Church.
