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Rev. Rob Schenck was the personal guest of presidential nominee Dr. Suzan D. Johnson Cook at last night’s Religious Liberty Dinner in Washington. Dr. Cook publicly thanked Rev. Schenck and praised the good work that Faith and Action is doing on issues related to religious liberty. To read more about this important evening, click here.

Rob Schenck Leaving Japanese Embassy

In the wake of the catastrophic human tragedy touching the nation of Japan, Faith and Action President and Lead Missionary Rob Schenck paid a personal visit to the Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC, delivering a letter to Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, assuring him that American Christians are praying for the Japanese people. Rev. Schenck also laid flowers at a memorial outside the Embassy in tribute to the many who died in the earthquake and tsunami.

Please join us as together we lift the situation in Japan before the throne of grace.

Below is the text of the letter:

March 14, 2011

Dear Ambassador Fujisaki,

Please accept my condolences on behalf of the nearly 100,000 members of the National Clergy Council and its affiliate, Faith and Action. These American church leaders represent Christians of every tradition including Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox, and Protestant. We, and our congregations around the country assure you of our prayers for the good people of Japan and for the amelioration of their suffering in the aftermath of such an enormous tragedy.

We pledge ourselves in every way to be of assistance to you by offering our friendship, thoughts, prayers, and good wishes, as well as our tangible help through contributions to the aid societies that have already or soon will deploy resources to the stricken areas of your country.

By way of a prayer found in our Holy Scriptures, the Letter of Saint Paul to the Christians at Corinth, Chapter 1, verses 3 – 4, we take this occasion to re-affirm our solidarity with the churches of Japan in their own hour of need–and in their aid and comfort of their fellow citizens:

“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

Very truly yours,

Rev. Robert L. Schenck, D.D.

President