Ministries
Education is emphasized as a means of communicating the Gospel. Accordingly, the NRK operates Urawa Lutheran School in Urawa and Holy Hope School in Hannō. The NRK also operates the Japan Lutheran College in cooperation with the JELC and several members of the NRK sits on the college's Board of Regents. The NRK also operates 11 kindergartens, four preschools, an elementary school, two middle schools, two secondary schools, and a Japanese and English Language Institute (both as the Lutheran Language Institute).
The Volunteer Youth Ministry program provides for lay missionaries who commit themselves for 2½ years in ministry serving as English language teachers. Most of the volunteers are young college graduates.
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