A Reason to Celebrate

JEMS Celebrates 75 Years at Mount Hermon

Headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, the Japanese
Evangelical Missionary Society (JEMS) is a Christian nonprofit parachurch organization serving Japan, South America and the United States. It has become one of Mount Hermon’s most beloved guest groups.

And just last summer, JEMS and Mount Hermon celebrated 75 years of ministry partnership!

So what’s the backstory?

After World War II, Japanese American churches were dispersed and discouraged, and there arose a great need for mutual fellowship and encouragement. In 1950, a group of Nisei pastors met and prayed at Mount Hermon for the spiritual awakening among the Japanese American churches. Out of this gathering, the first JEMS Mount Hermon summer conference was born and continues to grow today.

Since that first prayerful gathering in the redwoods, God has used JEMS in ways we won’t fully see until we get to Heaven. JEMS is near and dear to the hearts of all of us at Mount Hermon. From your brothers and sisters here, congratulations on 75 years of impact! May God continue to bless you and your families, and may He multiply your efforts as you serve His people!