Omi Mission - Omi Mission

Japanese: 近江ミッション - おうみミッション

A Christian missionary organization. Its founder was William Merrell Vories (who became a naturalized citizen and changed his name to Hitotsuyanagi Mereru), an American born in Kansas who came to Omihachiman in 1905 through the mediation of the International YMCA. He established the Yawata YMCA, worked as an architect and evangelized while also working as an architect. In 1931, he organized the non-denominational Omi Mission. In 1934, it was renamed Omi Brotherhood. Yoshida Etsuzo, Murata Koichiro and others collaborated with him. He established churches in various locations around Lake Biwa, as well as sanatoriums, the Christian Charity Education Foundation, Sales Co., Ltd., kindergartens and libraries, and published the missionary magazine Voice of the Lakeside (1912-), investing the profits of his architectural firm and pharmaceutical company into these operations.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

キリスト教伝道団体。創立者はカンザス州生れのアメリカ人で，1905年国際YMCAの斡旋で近江八幡に来たボーリーズWilliam Merrell Vories(帰化して一柳米来留（ひとつやなぎめれる）と改名)。彼は八幡YMCAを設立し，建築設計業をしながら伝道し，11年教派と無関係の近江ミッションを組織。34年に近江兄弟社と改称。吉田悦蔵，村田幸一郎らが協力した。琵琶湖畔の各地に教会を設立し，療養院，基督教慈善教化財団，セールズ株式会社，幼稚園，図書館を設立し，伝道誌《湖畔の声》(1912‐　)を刊行，建築事務所と薬品会社の収益をその事業費に投入した。

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