TABLE 1

MEANS OF SALVATION OF ISSEI BASED ON FIFTY TESTIMONIES RECORDED BY THE JAPANESE CHURCH FEDERATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM 1877 TO 1962 (Omi 1962:49-264)

Means of Salvation

Number of people

Percentage

English study

13

26%

Invitation & visitation of friends

12

24%

Children attending Sunday school

9

18%

Attending worship service

5

10%

Vision from above

4

8%

Bible study

3

6%

Home meetings

1

2%

Street meeting

1

2%

Prayer meeting

1

2%

Bible reading

1

2%

Total

50

100%