{"id":2973,"date":"2007-02-19T19:44:37","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T19:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=2973"},"modified":"2010-12-08T21:24:52","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:24:52","slug":"5411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/02\/19\/5411\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japan Covenant Church Elects New Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOKYO, JAPAN (February 19, 2007) \u2013 Delegates from all 23 congregations of the Japan Covenant Church (NSKK) elected a new chair of the denomination at the Annual Meeting held February 12.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/uploads\/9o\/Jb\/9oJbcOXdhlp3xRTG5NVwmQ\/Japan-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" align=\"right\" \/><!--more-->Delegates elected Yasushi Shimizu to a two-year term to succeed Masami Katsumoto, who completed his time in office.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the election of Shimizu, a highlight of the meeting was the licensing of several ministers and the ordination of Shigeyuki Otomo, says Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Jim Peterson. The accompanying photo shows (from left) Pastor Katsumata, Katsumoto, Pastor Oyamada, the chair of the ministerial credentialing committee, Umeda, and Otomo (kneeling).<\/p>\n<p>The meeting opened with praise and worship and a meditation by outgoing denominational chair. During the meeting, delegates heard reports from the previous year and approved the new budget. 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