History
In a visit he made to Taiwan in 1941, Murai Jun had contact with the True Jesus Church. Thus he joined that Pentecostal apostolic church by accepting the doctrine of the single God, and received baptism in the Holy Spirit speaking of tongues, and the baptism of water in the name of Jesus. He also knew the ceremony of foot washing, and the hope of the Second Coming of Jesus. He was then Baptised as a member of the True Jesus Church.
However, upon his return to Japan, he founded his own denomination, the Spirit of Jesus Church He claimed that his wife, Suwa, had received a revelation from God in which the name Iesu no Mitama Kyokai (Spirit of Jesus Church) was to be given to designate them as a new church.
Organized as an independent group in 1941, this institution, like many other Christian denominations in Japan, have not experienced significant growth until after World War II. In 1950, the church was built in central Tokyo, and two years later had established a Bible Institute to train pastors.
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