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churches in Shizuoka prefecture. Additionally, the Seventh-day AdventistChurch holds an annual summer camp designed to bring together all of theLatin Americans living in Japan.3. Non-denominational Contemporary ChurchThe non-denominational contemporary churches, often defined as “evangelical”church, are one of the growing churches in Japan together with thePentecostal Church. Because these churches do not have juridical personality,it is uncertain how many of these churches exist in Japan.It is said that there are about forty such churches exist in the centraleastern part of Japan. These churches are mainly non-denominational singularchurches with 30-200 members. The Japanese people who are ableto encounter these churches by chance are mostly limited to the localsliving in the nearby areas where such churches stand.Among those churches, Missão Apoio is the most well known evangelicalchurch in Japan that has twenty-four branch churches around thecentral eastern part of Japan 3 . Within same region, Igreja Evangélica Betel,and Grace Community International Church (or Comunidade da Graça noJapão) are also actively growing.The characteristics of these churches are that they are evangelical,with a contemporary worship style, services of two to three hours duration,energetic pastors, and conservative congregations. In most such churches,several meetings are held in addition to the weekly Sunday service.What is significant about these churches is the inclusiveness createdby the members. Even though they hold services in Portuguese, they alsohave some Peruvian, Bolivian, and Japanese members in the church. Thesechurches also actively try to reach out to Japanese people by offering theservices in Japanese or staffing interpreters during the Portuguese service.4. Pentecostal ChurchnThe Assemblies of God in Japan and Brazilian Assembléia de DeusAccording to the spokesperson of the Assemblies of God in Japan, severalchurches of the Assemblies of God in Japan offer Portuguese services, however,their activities are independent depending on the individual church.3 Missio Apoio: (accessed:August 10, 2012).110 x Kanan Kitani