Japan Bible Seminary

Japan Bible Seminary (Japanese:聖書宣教会、JBS) is an evangelical Christian seminary located in Hamura, Tokyo.

JBS is first founded in 1958 in Suginami,Tokyo by Junichi Funiki and Akira Hatori. And it moved to Hamura,Tokyo in 1989

Notable faculty
  • Yoshiyuki Muchiki—the principal of JBS and Old Testament scholar
  • David Toshio Tsumura—Old Testament scholar and research professor of Old Testament

Notable alumni
  • Sueo Oshima—A scholar of Karl Barth
  • Kazuhiko Uchida—noted Christian author and pastor and former dean of Japan Bible Seminary
  • Yoshiyuki Muchiki—Old Testament scholar and the principal of Japan Bible Seminary.
  • Yoshinobu Endo—He was a noted Christian author and Old Testament.


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