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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.20,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hiizu (Hide) Kunya was one of the earliest\NJapanese Seventh-day Adventist ministers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.12,0:00:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kunya was born in Japan in 1872.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.99,0:00:13.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he turned 20, \Nhe was called for military service.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.76,0:00:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the military, he was led \Nto become a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.14,0:00:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the influence of a friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.46,0:00:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he met an intern military doctor \Nnamed Mokutaru Kawasaki.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.08,0:00:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kawasaki attended English Bible studies\Npresented by William Calhoun Grainger,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.04,0:00:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first official Seventh-day\NAdventist missionary to Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.36,0:00:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kawasaki invited Kuniya \Nto attend the studies with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.76,0:00:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuniya accepted the invitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.08,0:00:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Studying the Bible fervently,\Nhe became convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.12,0:00:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Adventist message \Nwas the biblical truth
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.08,0:00:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that Jesus was coming soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.90,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon, he and Kawasaki were baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.28,0:00:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following his baptism, \NKuniya became engaged in outreach.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.66,0:00:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He preached on the street,\Nbegan colportering,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.62,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped with the editorial work
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the first Seventh-day Adventist \NJapanese language periodical.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.53,0:01:08.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the summer of 1900,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.48,0:01:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuniya supported the opening \Nof the small "Kobe Sanitarium"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.16,0:01:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for poor Japanese people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.08,0:01:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This led the way \Nfor a church to be planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.56,0:01:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Kuniya,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.13,0:01:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although the establishment \Nof the church had growing pains,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.21,0:01:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a while it was the center\Nof the Japanese missionary work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.05,0:01:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1904, Kuniya met two Korean Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.71,0:01:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told them \Nabout the Seventh-day Sabbath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.81,0:01:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they accepted \Nthe biblical truth and were baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.36,0:01:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This became the first Adventist work \Nfor Korean people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.60,0:01:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuniya went to Korea and engaged\Nin the missionary work there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.04,0:01:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1907, he was ordained
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and became one of the first Seventh-day\NAdventist Japanese official ministers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.76,0:01:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuniya attended \Nthe 1909 General Conference Session
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.96,0:01:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reported about his ministry\Nand experience in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.96,0:01:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the Apostle Paul,\NKuniya had a conviction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.13,0:02:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was his mission
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.25,0:02:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to proclaim the gospel \Nin unreached places.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.85,0:02:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While doing colporteur work,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.42,0:02:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he established churches \Nin many Japanese cities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.58,0:02:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1918, Kuniya was called\Nto advance the missionary work in Tokyo.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.46,0:02:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result of his ministry,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.13,0:02:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the church grew significantly \Nin this capital city.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.98,0:02:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During World War II, the police arrested\N42 Japanese Seventh-day Adventists,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.77,0:02:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Kuniya.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.71,0:02:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was incarcerated for about six months
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.10,0:02:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it was discovered \Nhe had both kidney and heart disease
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was sent to a hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.53,0:02:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fortunately, he recovered \Nfrom his health ailments.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.30,0:02:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kuniya was exempted \Nfrom prosecution and went free.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.90,0:02:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the war, \Nhe immediately began visiting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.25,0:02:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scattered believers and seekers \Nin local regions to encourage them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.87,0:02:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pastor Hiizu Kuniya died in 1962.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.47,0:02:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His faithful service to God\Nlaid a solid foundation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.59,0:02:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Seventh-day \NAdventist Church in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.26,0:02:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more stories \Nabout pioneer missionaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.64,0:03:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visit encyclopedia.adventist.org.