Our Vision
Our vision
is to witness to the world Repentance, Reconciliation, and Revival through
Jesus Christ. We want to see lives transformed by God’s grace
through faith in Him.
JAUC is becoming a community of Christ inviting and reaching out to Japanese, Japanese Americans and all those related to this context with God's love in discipleship, worship, teaching, service and fellowship.
Come
to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
----- Mathew 11:28
JAUC (Japanese American United Church) is the result of a merger of three historic Japanese Christian churches (two Reformed and one Methodist) in the heart of New York City. The earliest of these congregations was founded in 1894 and was dedicated to Japanese seamen settled in Brooklyn.
The merger of the three churches took place formally in September 1953 and we have occupied our present building since 1970. Located in the heart of new York City, the church has a long history of service to the Japanese American community and continues to serve many permanent residents, visitors and new comers from Japan and other parts of the United States.
JAUC is the only bilingual (English and Japanese) church in Manhattan. We serve the Japanese speaking pioneer Issei, English speaking Nisei and Sansei, newly arrived Japanese immigrrants, Japanese college students and other New Yorkers of various ethnic backgrounds who share an affinity with Japanese culture and the Christian community.
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