Evangelical churches in Yonezawa

Yonezawa, a former castle town of the Uesugi clan in Yamagata Prefecture, has a modest but long-standing Protestant presence. The congregation covered here, Yonezawa Kojo Church (米沢興譲教会), stands in the tradition descending from the Lutheran Reformation, eighteenth century English Methodism, and the Holiness movement that grew out of it. Founded in 1925 as a simple home prayer meeting in the Izumi-cho district, it survived the 1942 crackdown on Holiness churches and grew over the following decades into a well-known independent (tanritsu) church in the local landscape, with a building that won the city's landscape award in 2018.

This page covers Yonezawa Kojo Church, located at 中央3-5-12 in Yonezawa (992-0045), which holds two Sunday services, at 7:15 am and 10:30 am (local time), plus an additional video broadcast on Monday at 10:30 am. Efficient Church summarizes a selection of its sermons published on its YouTube channel, with a link to the original video for each message, so you can listen directly and verify the source.

If you are looking for an evangelical church in Yonezawa, the simplest approach is to check the service times below and attend one of the Sunday morning services without needing to notify anyone in advance. The sermons available online also let you get a feel for the style and topics covered before a first visit, or follow the church's life remotely if you cannot attend in person.