Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — First Japanese Church in America, [ARTICLE]

First Japanese Church in America,

The first Japanese Christian church in America has just been dedicated in San Francisco. It belongs to the Methodist denomination, and has about three hundred members, who contributed largely toward the building of the edifice. The assistant minister and the organist are Japanese, and the church organization Will be managed by the Japanese members, with very little help or interference by Caucasians.