The 10 night evangelistic series brought more than 500 people, including 200 non-Adventists, to the Amanuma Adventist church in Tokyo, Japan. From November 5 to 13 the series of evangelistic seminars were held by Dr. Dwight K. Nelson.

Dr. Nelson sermons entitled, “How to Cope with Fear and Unrest,” and subtitle, “10 Bible Values” , included two Sabbath meetings. Since Japan has been attacked by many strong typhoons in the past months and a severe earthquake in October, the grand title was timely for the general public.

The opening night on Friday, November 5, brought 225 people including a few children to hear the message. On the Sabbath morning, November 6, there was a Voice of Prophecy Bible Correspondence School (VOPBCS) graduation ceremony during the Ten Minutes Promotional Time. 46 graduates who finished different courses in this year were present. Pastor Masumi Shimada, VOPBCS Director, resented certificate to each individual assisted by Miss Tamiko Arai, associate pastor of the Amanuma Church. Then Nelson preached powerfully to 519 people including children from the Bible. He showed many pictures and words on two screens, one in Japanese and other in English. His evangelistic sermons were all translated by Dr. Tadaomi Shinmyo, senior pastor of the church.

The average number of nightly attendance was about 230. On the other hand, two Sabbath morning services attracted over 500 people respectively. From the fourth meeting onward, Dr. Nelson appealed to the congregation to make a decision for the Lord. The decision card was called “HOPE CARD,” and there were 10 items to mark according to their hope. One of them was to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and other to be baptized. Amazingly 32 individuals decided to accept Jesus Christ their personal Savior and 10 wanted to be baptized.

After the 10 meetings, there were 203 names recorded on the attendance notes as non-Adventists. On the last Sabbath, four people were baptized at the end of the church service. This series gave a great impact to the non-Adventist people as well as the Adventists according to the responses and comments from the participants. It was also another significant event that this series of the meetings were viewed live through Internet by the help of the VOP Japan. The Lord has richly answered our prayer begun from the beginning of this year.