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David Tsugio Tsutada (1906 – 25 July 1971), known as "The John Wesley of Japan,"〔(Sigsworth 237)〕 was the founder of the Immanuel General Mission (Immaneru Sogo Dendo Dan), an indigenous Japanese holiness denomination founded on 21 October 1945 in Tokyo, Japan.〔http://www.methodistmessage.com/jun2004/tsutada.html〕 ==Personal life and career== David Tsugio Tsutada was the second son of Kenri "Henry" Tsutada, a Japanese Methodist dentist of Singapore. After studying at Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) in Singapore, Tsutada completed high school in Japan. After graduation he studied law at the University of Cambridge. He subsequently graduated from the University of London.〔Griffiths 160〕 Despite his academic success, Tsutada believed he was called to become a preacher, and so terminated his legal studies and returned to Japan to attend Bible College. Prior to graduation, his college president chose a Christian woman, Nobuko, for him to marry. Tsutada was effective in reaching the poor and marginalised of Tokyo, resulting in several conversions to Christianity. David and Nobuko had five children: John Makoto, Mary Migiwa, Joshua Tadashi, and twins Grace Midorino and Margaret Makiba.〔 At the outbreak of World War II, Tsutada refused to erect a Japanese flag in front of his church and bow deeply to the Emperor in the direction of the imperial palace, saying "only God in heaven is divine. We worship Him alone". On 26 June 1942, Tsutada was arrested, along with about 130 others who likewise refused to comply with the regulation.〔Keyes 100〕 After two years in solitary confinement in Sugamo Prison,〔Paul W. Powell, ''Special Sermons for Special Days'' (Dallas, TX: Annuity Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1993): 40; http://www.baylor.edu/Truett/pdfs/books/SpecialSermons.pdf〕 Tsutada was convicted, but released on probation. After the war ended, Tsutada decided to build a church in Tokyo, naming it "Immanuel" because "You, O God, are with us, just as you were in the cell with me."〔 The Immanuel General Mission was organised on 21 October 1945 in Tokyo.〔 In 1949 Tsutada founded the Immanuel Bible Training College in Urawa, a city 30 kilometres north of central Tokyo, and became its first president.〔〔http://www.wgm.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=2552&srcid=2821〕 Tsutada died on 25 July 1971.〔Burnis H. Bushong, ''R.U.N. Reaching the Unreached Now: A Brief History of the World Gospel Mission'' (Marion, IN: World Gospel Mission, 1995):97.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Tsugio Tsutada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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