tengokujin (天国人) ten-go-ku-jin: a citizen of heaven


"...while they follow the customs of the land in clothing and food and other matters of daily life, they exhibit the remarkable and unusual character of their own citizenship. Every foreign country is to them a homeland, and every motherland is a foreign country....They live upon the earth, but their citizenship is in heaven. They obey the established laws, but in their private lives they surpass what the laws require..." excerpt from Letter to Diognetus c.100-150 A.D


"The man who finds his homeland sweet is a tender beginning; He to whom every soil is his native one is strong; But he is perfect to whom the entire world is a foreign land." -Hugo of St. Victor


Whether you are currently at home in Japan or elsewhere in the world, the tengokujin page is an update for all friends of monday night church wherever you are growing...if you are able to hang out, you are welcome to join us...if not, we will send you with our blessing to wherever you go to share the kingdom...rock on!