European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 tactics in by Terry Anderson Tokyo a after More than 100 years or trying to convert Japan to Chris foreign missionaries Are beginning to change both their attitudes and their Are moving toward a Type of said Faur Jose 1st do Jesuit priest and Dean of Sophia University International College in Vwe have we Are not out convince and convert people in Largo Nurmi we Are out to make them aware the possibility of if they something despite the efforts of thousands for eign missionaries since Japan was opened to the world in Only about one or cent of the 113 minion japanese Are but Ltd Anbi her one to two million con Sider themselves though they Are not baptized or affiliated1 with a formal Christian according government nearly All the rest Are Buddhist or weve had a Chance for 100 but Haven exactly swept the japanese off their feet admitted father Neal Law a Benedictine missionary from the United tried to figure oat we tried everything we could think he Many missionaries say the reason for their Lack of Success involves characteristics of japanese compared with the Western nature of and they say part of the problem involves the missionaries the Catholic Church does not usually use a Strong evangelistic approach in missionary Early missionaries were often strict and said father Flavian a franciscan who has been in Japan for 17 in some say the tactics of the missionaries were offensive to prospective japanese when we first came we were trained to go said the Hubert Helling of the Church of the naia but in not even salesmen go its considered such direct approaches still Are followed by a few religions in Japan Jehovah latter Day saints mormons an some new both Christian and the unification for whose members Are commonly known As claims direct Evange including flirt it Corner has netted them members in Japan since acl ivc missionary work began in the Utah Krishia so overt in Street preaching thai visas for its members were cancelled or not renewed after authorities received complaints had scuffled with passersby who Rojer cd their work is the Percy Leader of Jehovah witness missionaries if catholics had the Zeal of Jehovah wit Nesses they we know our approach is controversial in he but its worked for us and Well never everyone in the Church must preach or not i Taub acknowledges that in 27 years of missionary work in Japan ids Church has attracted Only a recent ordered the Orient Institute for religious research and con ducted by the Waller Thompson found japanese resent and strongly dislike the direct either on the Street or at their up few prospective converts and alienates the May be the hardest country in the world for the old style conversion mis said the David ifs editor of the Japan Christian its the japanese delicacy of human rela you just Donl go crashing into someones life like after a few years in Japan teaming uie language and the most and protestant missionaries interviewed said they had moved away from such there  but the they make themselves it nowt arc much in the town or work with foreign Vertex christians and wait for others to come 16 protestant Jay they have lost Many Musj Kosartes those who remained from efforts to convert cuke plan edition Billy 1panoleil  John  Herr mowing latter Tell in pier it minor Lold Una kill tar Aremd Fann owl tin Tat in Cait Tuncill Wlton us Amud in Loami or Ervn a eat unto to it Troph Riim Kymm Rolv in go Kwh int we uht Unur amb in Enki pow Gultom Don m Umu Tull k pm h pm including the we Flurr a Huff u of Tell i lit i it Chuh Widli will John a tic w in Cucu Sathm of pics fit Nta i Mew v test Mil Tut but conc Roecs Donl come very Fostiy ties stance to christianity comes from whole cultural Laid the Kenneth head of the Fellowship of Christian they have deep roots in  the background inns Charis Eov going to be very Chr stuns stay for their Strong moral code and their Hon esty in but Era also marked As christians Are Nalcy against in their hot overtly but  or also sometimes face difficulty find ing husbands or of the Many discouraged and return we catholics have lost an or 300 in the last few said filter Bede Fitzpa Tow limited we Are in our Dale Sali Are just so so Many were not i v most of the foreign  the no longer involved in the Yare some other ail churches in Japan have Jap anese pastors Utcy have  in favor of strengthening existing and find spreading the influence of christianity on both have launched drives Over the past few make their Church to Nave been Able Back amount of Money it ceded organisations in the by to letters to the editor a smokers request 0 combat readiness and bin lets Mil hymn Mai Mil in or toil of Terr Jon Mil Turtur Luw Tumua kingdom on Mem of i just had the Joy of Reading the recently published Teller Public smoking Burns Reader since the name was withheld my personal message to nonsmokers is Ait on it have you Ever heard of courteous smok ers pm sure there Are hundreds of the ones that do you mind if i Light up or say la this smoke offending your nose Well ill just put it the ones that obey nonsmoking thai Donl smoke in restaurants without asking or seek a smoke in the bathrooms or Down the Hospital but we Are human and sometimes forget our standing i Bank and credit Union lines for what seems like an or when the line at your counter you take a smoke and a customer come Lay off us because to like smoking is like drinking if the cigarettes Are so bad and unhealthy outlaw but Why Hast one of you bleeding hearts written of tellers and clerks breathing Beer and whatever else on or about waiting in a line for who knows How Long with someone thai god provided water and the makings of soap to Bathe please Lei those nerds u you got a complaint about an then dont watch if it int your turn for Stair Well duty and its dirty then help clean h he kids Are running wild with Noung to do then help them find something to if the cigarette smoke is bothering you then ask the Stoker to when was the last Lime you acted other than nag smoking is Between me and my but u May interfere with your cant you Tell me if  Frankfurt reminder All to the editor must contain full name and address of the and must be unsigned letters will not be considered one year i was reclassified from my primary military occupational skill Imos of counsel or lo94b101 food service my first duty assignment in this a Basic training battalion at taught me what it meant to work grueling hours at a hard Job 11016 hours per work 12 Days gel iwo Days off but at Dis the Load was made some what lighter by our battalion commander who rewarded the Cooks in every Way pos sible i such As dinners Given for us in his Home for the hard jobs he saw that we i am now at the nth army cavalry regiment Aciu in the hours Are the if not the food is better and we now have the extra added attraction of held duty and but our Reward 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