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Parish Profile February 2020

Greetings from the people of St. Alban’s Church in Tokyo, Japan February 2020

Dear Friend in :

The people of St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church in Tokyo, Japan, send our greetings to you. We are the only English-speaking church among the 33 churches and five chapels in the of Tokyo. Our church is located in the heart of Tokyo, right across the street from Tokyo Tower.

St. Alban’s is a vibrant and active church and our members are a diverse and impressive community who represent many of the Anglican churches throughout the world. St. Alban’s is truly a place where people from the worldwide gather to worship together and engage in fellowship.

We are searching for a full-time rector who has a deep understanding and reverence for theology, loves beautiful Anglican music and liturgy, and is dedicated to leading and teaching a diverse group of parishioners, some of whom are lifelong Christians and others who are exploring for the first time. If you feel that you are being called to this ministry, we invite you to review our parish profile to get to know our dynamic community. We thank you for considering St. Alban’s and we pray that this profile will help guide you as you discern your calling.

Yours in Christ

The Vestry and Search Committee of St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church Tokyo, Japan

St. Alban’s street view

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Mission

“Together we exist to love and serve both God and our neighbor, inviting all to share in the joy of Christ's healing love.”

The Rector We Seek

The icons of St. Alban and We seek a faithful pastor the Blessed Virgin Mary near with integrity and deep the altar spirituality who will care for God’s people at St. Alban’s and equip us for our ministries. We look to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in calling a rector to St. Alban’s who will (i) embrace us and our faith community and accommodate a diverse set of theological perspectives in a unifying way as we practice fellowship and celebrate the sacraments together, (ii) honor inclusiveness and diversity, and (iii) serve the poor, the oppressed and persons with special needs in their communities. Specifically, we seek a rector who can lead us in the following:

Preacher Worship: As we are a liturgical church that celebrates the Holy Eucharist as its main service, we are seeking a rector that can effectively plan and conduct worship services that are based on the liturgical calendar, as well as other special liturgies, such as weddings or funerals. Diocesan residences behind St. Alban’s Theological: We are seeking a rector (the St. Alban’s rectory is on the top floor) that has the ability to demonstrate a

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deep and disciplined understanding of biblical and historical revelation and the recognition of God’s activity in the world and lead the members of our congregation in developing a theology that fulfills our call as Christians.

Spiritual Growth: We are seeking a rector that can lead us in the formation and development of a deeper spiritual life, whether through education, discernment, preaching, or leading worship.

Teacher Adult and Children’s Education: We are seeking a rector that can either develop or facilitate the numerous educational programs available at St. Alban’s, including adult education, children’s programs, confirmation class, or a basic course on Christianity for those new or exploring Christianity. Playground behind St. Alban’s Healer Pastoral Care: We are seeking a rector that can care for people so they feel nurtured, including through hospital, jail, and home visitation. Crisis Ministry: We are seeking a rector that can provide care to people at critical points in their lives.

We also seek a rector that has the following characteristics:

 A priest that is welcoming to all people and that can thrive in a community that is diverse in nationalities, ethnicities, cultures, and economic status  A priest that can appreciate music in the Sunday Choral Eucharist services St. Andrew’s Hall, the site of some  A priest that supports children’s of our fellowship events Christian formation through the Sunday church school or altar service

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 A priest that can lead and support us in the stewardship over our resources and in overcoming financial challenges  A priest that is available for pastoral care, especially in times of crisis; and  A priest that is accessible and has a sense of humor.

While we realize that no one priest can be all things to all people, we nonetheless seek a priest who can identify with and relish the richness and diversity of this congregation and can lead us in our own spiritual formation through worship, preaching, and education.

Who We Are

St. Alban’s is a diverse Christmas Eve at St. Alban’s community of worshippers from many backgrounds and worship traditions. We currently have approximately 60 pledging members and attendance on an average Sunday is approximately 100 to 120, with summer months being somewhat lower. Based on a recent congregational survey, while the overwhelming majority of parishioners identify themselves as Anglican or Episcopalian, our congregation also includes Lutherans, Methodists, Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, Eastern Orthodox, Reformed, and a few non-Christians, many of whom are exploring Christianity for the first time. We also have a significant number of parishioners who are Christian but other members of their household are not. Most of our parishioners live in the central area of Tokyo prefecture, but there are a significant number of parishioners that live in the western area of Tokyo prefecture St. Alban’s 60th Anniversary or in neighboring prefectures. celebration

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Our members come from numerous countries, including Japan, UK, US, India, Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Ghana, France, South Korea, Zambia, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany, and Spain. While the majority of our parishioners list English as their native language, a sizable percentage list Japanese. Other languages listed include Tamil, Akan, Korean, French, and Spanish. Over the past 10-15 years, St. Alban’s has seen an increased number of parishioners from Africa, primarily Nigeria and Ghana, most of whom were raised as Anglicans. Our membership Sunday School decorating also includes many expatriates who were sent Christmas treats to Japan on temporary assignment for their respective consulates or international businesses. St. Alban’s also has a number of long-term non-Japanese residents in Japan, some of whom are employed full-time, but others are retired and have chosen to stay in Japan. We also have several young adult members who are early in their careers and

Coffee hour

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plan to return to their home country in a few years. Members from Japan are also a significant part of our congregation and many are spouses married to our non-Japanese members.

The ages of our members are spread fairly evenly. The bulk of our parishioners range from age 40 to 60, with the remainder evenly distributed between those below 40 and above 60. While the majority of our parishioners are married, approximately one third are not married. We have families with children, with most of the children being school-aged, although there are Greening of the church for Christmas also a few families with younger children. We work in a variety of occupations, including teachers, professors, accountants, diplomats at all levels, attorneys, corporate executives, actuaries, and engineers. A few of us work as stay-at- home caretakers or are retired or unemployed or work at one of the regional US military bases.

St. Alban’s attracts many visitors or short-term residents. There are new faces in our congregation every week and our membership fluctuates significantly as members return to their home countries. While it is difficult to know the percentage of our membership that changes each year, it has been estimated to be 20 percent. Approximately 30 percent of our parishioners have indicated that they plan to return to their home country at some point in the future. However, the majority of our community are Japanese and internationals who are committed to life in Tokyo and who have found an English-speaking spiritual home in St. Alban’s. St. Alban’s has several fellowship events throughout the year

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Liturgy at St. Alban’s

Our worship and liturgy are at the heart Entrance procession of our spiritual life at St. Alban’s and worship services are normally held five days per week. The first service on Sunday is a Said Eucharist at 8:00am and is normally quiet and contemplative with 10-15 communicants per week. The main Sunday service is the Choral Eucharist at 10:30am and includes a full choir (except in summer months) and organ and is the most attended service with approximately 100 communicants each week. There is also a short Wednesday Eucharist at 12:30pm and the number of attendees is between 3 and 10. Morning and Evening Prayers are held Sundays through Thursdays throughout the year and are normally led by a lay officiant. The vestry is considering adding an additional weekend liturgy to accommodate the growing foreign population in the neighborhood.

The liturgy at St. Alban’s embraces the rich liturgical and musical traditions of . The 10:30am Choral Eucharist features a full choir with an organist and occasionally a guest musician. Children serve as acolytes and torchbearers and there are two Lay Eucharistic Ministers. Several parts of the liturgy are sung, such as the Lord’s Prayer, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei. For our liturgy, St. Alban’s primarily uses an English translation of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the (NSKK) Eucharistic liturgy. In our recent survey, a plurality of parishioners indicated their Easter Vigil Baptism ~ 7 ~

preference for “” liturgy, while a slightly smaller percentage preferred a more blended, “” liturgy. Smaller numbers of parishioners preferred a quiet, contemplative liturgy. The greatest number of parishioners indicated that they prefer to maintain the current liturgy at St. Alban’s.

Our Common Parish Life

The life in the parish aspires to Our garden and grounds ministry shape all its members into faithful ministry disciples of Jesus Christ with the goal of closer conformity to the example of our Savior. Many programs in our parish helps us to reflect God’s love to transform the lives of people in our neighborhood.

Our primary fundraiser, the annual auction dinner, confirms our commitment to St. Alban’s and lends a hand to our financial budget. We celebrate our Eucharistic liturgy twice a year with St. Andrew’s Cathedral, which enriches our faith and helps us to better know our dear brothers and sisters in Christ next door. We also join hands with them during St. Andrew’s bazaar every year before winter. Though it is a fundraising event, it helps the less fortunate to prepare for winter with jackets and woolen clothes at an affordable price.

Our members also volunteer in various outreach projects. Our Deeper Service Group was formed out of a desire to perform more direct “hands on” service for the poor and marginalized in our community. Presently, the Deeper Service Group members are focused on ministering to refugees, asylum seekers and others interned at the Immigration Detention Center in Tokyo. Other members have Icon of St. Alban near the altar faithfully volunteered with the Rice Patrol ~ 8 ~

ministry, a ministry operated by the Franciscan Chapel Center, a Roman parish located near St. Alban’s. Rice Patrol volunteers help in preparing rice balls and delivering them for distribution to the homeless in specific locations in Tokyo.

Within our church, in addition to our weekly coffee hour after the Sunday liturgies, there has been a monthly “open house” at the rectory after the coffee hour, where parishioners come to the rectory for lunch, relaxation, and fellowship. Most of the members come to know one another within our walls and they take those relationships out into Monthly rectory open house their wider lives. From these interactions we become a Christian family and we learn to practice Christ in our lives.

Our Music Program

St. Alban’s music program is staffed by a part-time music director/choirmaster and a part-time organist. A choir of about 15 supports congregational singing, provides an anthem and chants a psalm for most Sunday Choral Eucharists and other holy days from September through June using the 1982 Choir singing during a Hymnal from the US Episcopal Church. Sunday Choral Eucharist Two or three choral per year are given on Sunday afternoons, and Advent Lessons and Carols are presented. The choirs of St. Andrew’s Cathedral and St. Alban’s combine for joint services held in November and June. Once every four to six weeks, a guest musician provides music to enhance the celebration of the Choral Eucharist. ~ 9 ~

The current organist or a friend of hers plays Choir rehearsal before the Sunday Choral Eucharist a short recital “Noon Day Meditation” on the first Wednesday of each month prior to the Wednesday Eucharist. Both of them have also given organ recitals at other times, alone and in tandem. St. Alban’s enjoys hosting choirs touring Japan from other countries. In recent times, we have had choirs from Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa, Canada), the choir of ChristChurch Transitional Cathedral (New Zealand), and the Bath (UK) Male Choir. These have provided music for the Eucharist or choral services, or have given concerts. We have also hosted St. Alban’s has monthly recitals by organists from around the world. These are noontime organ recitals usually free or charity events.

Our beautiful organ dedicated on Palm Sunday 2005

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Charitable Outreach Programs at St. Alban’s

Charitable outreach is one of the Rice Patrol at the Franciscan Chapel Center ways in which the members of St. Alban’s work together to leverage our human and financial resources to be the practical means by which God’s Grace may flourish in the wider community. Individual parish members take active roles in local direct service and advocacy projects such as the Franciscan Chapel Center’s Rice Patrol program, which provides “onigiri” rice balls to the homeless; ministering to refugees, asylum seekers and others interned at the Immigration Detention Center in Tokyo through the Deeper Service Group; and Kapatiran, a ministry assisting Filipino workers in Japan.

Supported by the generous pledges of members, St. Alban’s has maintained a commitment to distribute a minimum of 10% of the church’s annual operating budget to charitable outreach. This charitable outreach has been maintained for more than 60 years and is allocated to various charities, including those that provide residential shelter for abused women and children, improve health care in Japan and Southeast Asia, distribute food to the hungry, and support seminarians in Japan.

Christian Education and Formation

Christian formation at all ages is a key component of St. Alban’s mission. The aim of St. Alban’s Christian formation programs is to promote deeper engagement with scripture and the liturgy and to support parishioners as they walk with Christ throughout their life.

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⚫ Sunday School. Sunday school is conducted every Sunday morning from 10:00am. The Sunday school program is led by a core group of parent volunteers, and serves children ages 4-11. Typical Sunday attendance ranges from 3-10 children. The rector is encouraged to join for a 10-minute session at the beginning of Sunday school to provide a brief lesson on the gospel. Through Sunday school at St. Alban’s students are exposed to scripture in an accessible setting, as well as providing an introduction to core and liturgical practices. Students Sunday School preparing for typically rejoin the Holy Eucharist Advent service at the offertory.

⚫ Acolyte Program. Children aged seven and above are encouraged to actively participate in the weekly liturgy through the acolyte program. Through training and service at the altar, young parishioners explore a deeper connection with liturgical practices and Anglican service. The program is a core element of Christian formation at St. Alban’s, with most youth in the target age groups participating.

⚫ Confirmation Classes. St. Alban’s conducts a comprehensive confirmation class for youth on a periodic basis when a critical mass of prospective confirmands is identified. The confirmation class is led by confirmed volunteers and follows curricula used in other Anglican provinces, adapted for use in the NSKK. In 2019, St. Alban’s presented Participation in the liturgy is an six youth who completed the program important part of Christian formation for confirmation. at St. Alban’s

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Confirmation day with the

Confirmation Day with the Bishop

⚫ Foundations for Christian Life. This weekly class comprises a comprehensive introduction and exploration of the Bible, Christian belief, and Anglican practices. As per the title, the course is intended to provide a foundation for both individuals who are entering Christian life as well as Christians who wish to deepen their understanding of Christian belief and traditions. The class also serves as the catechism for members discerning for baptism or confirmation. In recent years the class has had approximately 10 members and is led by the rector in concert with a volunteer catechist.

⚫ Adult Bible Study. A bible study led by the rector for adult parishioners meets weekly at 9:30am on Sunday. The bible study provides an opportunity for parishioners to engage in active discussion and reflection on the weekly lectionary.

⚫ Interfaith Couples Group. St. Alban’s has a large number of interfaith couples among its members, and in recent years has hosted a support group with some of these couples. The aim of the group is to promote understanding among interfaith couples and support such couples in managing the challenges that such relationships can present.

⚫ Discernment Committee. St. Alban’s has an active discernment committee charged with assisting an aspirant to the diaconate discern a call to ministry and supporting the aspirant during the discernment process.

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⚫ Seminarian/Clergy Interns. St. Alban’s has welcomed seminarians and newly ordained clergy from the United Kingdom and United States who are interested in experiencing a diverse worship community. The interns have worked under the rector’s guidance in various aspects of the parish’s ministries and have led and preached at Sunday liturgies. Weddings

Weddings are a significant part of St. Alban’s ministries in Japan and our church is a sought- after venue for weddings for many couples in Tokyo. All couples, whether Christian or non- Christian, are supported by pre-marital counseling and instruction in the Christian faith with an NSKK priest in English or Japanese. Couples are also required to attend at Weddings are an important least one service at an NSKK church, ideally at ministry for St. Alban’s St. Alban’s, prior to their wedding. While the number of weddings per year can fluctuate, on average, there are approximately 30-40 weddings annually at St. Alban’s.

St. Alban’s has a part-time wedding coordinator on staff to manage the wedding ministry and assist couples who are seeking to get married at St. Alban’s. The wedding ministry is an excellent opportunity for St. Alban’s to reach non-Christian couples.

Wedding day at St. Alban’s

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Other ministries at St. Alban’s

Within St. Alban’s In the wider community  (Morning and Evening  Brotherhood of St. Andrew Prayer)  Cathedral Connections Committee  Young-at-heart Adults of St. Alban’s  Cathedral Executive Board  Kitchen Ministry/Coffee Hour  Jonan Group  Altar Guild  Monica Foundation  Ushers  Least Coins and Used Stamps  Garden Ministry Ministry

Outside groups using our facilities  Mission of St Jude Ukrainian Orthodox  St Mary & St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church  Tokyo Embassy Choir  Tokyo Chamber Choir  Alcoholics Anonymous/Narcotics Anonymous  St Alban’s International Nursery

St. Alban’s houses an international nursery school during the week

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Finances

St. Alban’s is unique in the Diocese of Tokyo in that it does not receive financial support from the diocese and is financially independent. For income, St. Alban’s has traditionally relied upon pledges, weddings, special donations, and fundraising, such as the auction dinner. While 2019 was a challenging St. Alban’s charity auction dinner at the year financially, 2020 has seen an Tokyo American Club, one of our increase in pledges. The deficit in 2019 major annual events and fundraisers was funded through reserves and our current reserves are able to support St. Alban’s for the foreseeable future. The vestry is actively looking into new ways to ensure our financial stability for the years to come.

All figures in Japanese Yen 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 (budgeted) Income Pledges 17,681,582 17,432,157 16,731,838 15,237,683 16,500,000 Collections 3,561,793 3,959,110 4,507,324 4,598,156 4,600,000 Weddings 2,853,515 1,930,544 2,287,515 1,155,778 1,100,000 Fundraising, Special 1,606,991 3,450,620 4,318,261 2,903,644 2,333,333 Donations, etc. Subtotal 25,703,881 26,772,431 27,844,938 23,395,261 24,533,333 10% Outreach (2,570,388) (2,677,243) (2,784,494) (2,339,526) (2,453,333) Total Income 23,133,493 24,095,188 25,060,444 21,055,735 22,080,000 Expenditures Ministry and Mission 2,685,949 2,661,056 2,638,816 2,425,377 2,430,000 Church Infrastructure 8,553,097 9,257,124 9,030,584 9,683,791 9,250,000 Rectory (including 10,395,996 10,323,025 9,824,754 9,606,294 8,100,000 remuneration, housing, maintenance, utilities, etc.)

Total Expenditures 21,635,042 22,241,205 21,494,154 21,715,462 19,780,000 Operating Cash Flow 1,313,593 1,695,399 3,506,311 (755,892) 2,300,000 Non-cash provisions 3,330,000 1,000,000 1,300,000 2,000,000 2,300,000 Net Surplus (Deficit) (2,016,407) 695,399 2,206,311 (2,755,892) 0

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Endowment Fund

In 2017, St. Alban’s established its first endowment fund called The Friends of St. Alban’s (Tokyo) Foundation, or FOSTAF. FOSTAF’s mission statement is as follows: “The purpose of FOSTAF, the Friends of St. Alban’s (Tokyo) Foundation, is to ensure the future security, continuity, and growth of St. Alban’s, using investment returns for our mission of spreading the love of Christ and connecting with the larger English- speaking community in and around Tokyo, Japan.”

FOSTAF is led by a 13-person governing board, which are primarily St. Alban’s alumni from all over the world. FOSTAF is seeking to build a foundation of financial stability that will sustain the future security, continuity, and growth of St. Alban’s. FOSTAF will also be used to sponsor church mission projects that are focused on connecting with the larger English-speaking community and spreading the love of Christ.

Custody and investment management of the FOSTAF funds are entrusted to the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) Trust Portfolio of the Episcopal Church of the USA, operating in the United States on the foundation’s behalf. Each year St. Alban’s may draw down up to 5% of the year-end net asset value of the fund subject to strict investment criteria being met. In particular, FOSTAF will ensure its underlying principal is preserved. Disbursements therefore will be dependent upon the annual investment performance, and in years where disbursements are available these may be used to fund mission projects. FOSTAF will allocate disbursements specifically towards projects which support our mission statement. Mission projects may be proposed by members of the congregation, recommended by the vestry, and ultimately approved by the governing board.

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Our History

St. Alban’s belongs to the Architectural Design of St. Alban’s Nippon Sei Ko Kai (or by Antonin Raymond NSKK, the Anglican Church in Japan), which is the member church for Japan in the worldwide Anglican Communion. While English- language worship services have been held on the St. Alban's site almost continuously since 1879, St. Alban's came together in its current form on Dec. 7, 1954. The church building, designed by Antonin Raymond, a well-known Czech-American architect who lived in Japan for many years, was consecrated on March 17, 1956, by the then- Bishop of Tokyo, the Rt. Rev. Timothy Makita.

Early Christianity in Japan Christianity was first brought to Japan by Portuguese traders in the 16th century and St. and his missionaries reportedly gained many converts. However, in 1587, Christianity was proscribed and Christians both Japanese and foreign were openly persecuted and even martyred. In 1640, when Japan began its two centuries of isolation from the rest of the world, Christianity was effectively eradicated.

Japan’s isolation ended in 1853, when US Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay and forced Japan to allow foreign trade. In 1859, the proscription on Christianity ended and foreigners were given the right to build churches and practice their faith. Missionaries began arriving and were amazed to find that thousands of Japanese Christians in small local communities without priests had secretly kept their faith and handed it down through the centuries of persecution.

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Establishment of St. Andrew’s and the NSKK Anglican and Episcopal missionaries arrived as early as 1859, but the first Anglican service in English on record was conducted on Good Friday 1874 in a Buddhist temple in Yosenji, Tokyo, by Fr. Our entrance includes seals of the Anglican Communion Alexander Croft Shaw and US Episcopal Church as a recognition of our roots and Fr. William Ball and our place in global Anglicanism Wright, missionaries from the . The temple’s Buddhist symbols and images were removed with the missionaries noting that the “Buddhist altar made a magnificent Christian altar-table”. Later that same year, the first US Episcopal Bishop in Japan, the Rt. Rev. , ordained two priests in the same room.

For several years, services were held in the Yosenji Temple, but as the Japanese congregation grew, in 1878, the St. Andrew’s British Episcopal Church was built on a plot of leased land in Sakae-cho, the present site of St. Alban’s and St. Andrew’s. This new church was consecrated in 1879 and the first English service was held on Trinity Sunday that year. After a severe earthquake in 1894, the church had to be demolished and rebuilt. The NSKK was formally established in 1923. St. Andrew’s survived the Great Kanto Earthquake later that year and became the cathedral for the Diocese of Tokyo soon afterwards.

The War Years During World War II, all Christian denominational bodies, including the NSKK, were dissolved and the 34 Protestant groups were coerced into the United Church of Christ in Japan, which were required to St. Alban’s under construction in 1955 include prayers for and obeisance to alongside St. Andrew’s postwar church the Emperor. Many NSKK churches, including St. Andrew’s, refused to join the United Church, despite significant pressure from the government. With the Japanese Navy wartime

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headquarters located directly across the street from St. Andrew’s (in the present-day Masonic Building), St. Andrew’s was under enormous pressure to give up its property. St. Andrew’s Japanese congregation proudly resisted this pressure and, by the end of the war in 1945, St. Andrew’s had miraculously retained its independence and land.

Establishment of St. Alban’s Under the Occupation, English- language services resumed in various locations, such as military bases and St. Luke’s Hospital chapel in Tsukiji. In December 1954, a new English- speaking congregation was officially formed with the approval of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the USA, the , and the of the St. Alban’s in 1956 NSKK. The new church was built on land made available by St. Andrew’s. Services were first conducted in the Masonic Building, but with funds raised in Tokyo and overseas, the new “St. Alban’s-by-St. Andrew’s Anglican-Episcopal Church” was consecrated by the Bishop of Tokyo on March 17, 1956.

The St. Alban’s and St. Andrew’s churches, like our histories, are intertwined. At St. Alban’s, we use a translation of the Japanese liturgy. Our church and Rectory are on the cathedral grounds, Entrance signs for St. Andrew’s and St. Alban’s owned by the NSKK. The Tokyo Diocesan offices are also located on the campus. We are the only church in Tokyo to have the opportunity of a “twinned” relationship with a Japanese church.

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Our Diocese and the Nippon Sei Ko Kai

The NSKK is one of the 38 autonomous national and regional provinces plus 6 additional churches in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese of Tokyo is one of 11 in the NSKK and consists of 33 churches and five St. Andrew’s Cathedral dedicated in 1996 chapels. St. Alban’s is the only church in the Diocese of Tokyo that conducts its services entirely in English. The , an for women, is located in the Diocese. Also within the Diocese are (St. Paul’s University), which is affiliated with the NSKK and is one of the largest universities in Japan, and a seminary, Central Theological College. St. Luke’s International Hospital, a state-of-the-art general hospital, is within the Diocese as well. The Diocese is led by its Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Francisco Xavier Hiroyuki Takahashi.

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For more information/to apply

Links of interest: St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church, Tokyo (www.saintalbans.jp) Diocese of Tokyo (www.nskk.org/tokyo/english) Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Anglican Church in Japan) (www.nskk.org)

Applying Thank you for your interest in the Rector position at St. Alban’s Anglican-Episcopal Church. If you believe that you are being called to St. Alban’s, please submit your CV/resume and other supporting materials by email or post to:

Rector Search Committee Church of St. Alban’s-by-St. Andrew’s Anglican-Episcopal Church 3-6-25 Shiba-koen Minato-ku Tokyo 105-0011 Japan [email protected]

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