History of Oriental Deaf Christ Evangelical Church
| November 1952 | Missionaries Eda Mable Coryell (mother) and Emi Eda Coryell (daughter) sent by the American Soul Clinic began pioneering missionary work mainly in Kansai region. |
| January 1955 | Main mission field was moved from Kobe to Osaka, and in May, missionaries were sent to Sapporo in the north and Fukuoka in the south. |
| March 1956 | Moved from Osaka to Soul Clinic in Beppu, Oita, Kyushu and in September, a full-fledged Deaf Bible Institute was opened. |
| September 1957 | A joint meeting of the western Japan mission stations was held, and as a result,Soul Clinic Japan was renamed to Oriental Deaf Christ Evangelical Church. In early November, it was relocated to Totsuka, Yokohama. |
| February 1960 | The church was given land and buildings in the present location at Moroyama, Iruma, in Saitama, and the church was built there by the Deaf congregation. In March, the church relocation was fully completed from Yokohama. |
| September 1961 | Became a religious organization, Oriental Deaf Christ Evangelical Church, under the Religious Organization Law. |
| January 1973 | Joined the Association of Christian Churches. |
| March 1974 | At the 12th General Conference of the Church, the new Church Regulations and Religious Organization Regulations were revised and implemented from April. |
| April 1975 | Joined the Japan Overseas Mission Association (JOMA). |
| April 1992 | Joined the Japan Evangelical Christian Association (JECA). |
| September 2010 | The main church building was rebuilt due to deterioration. |
| December 2010 | Asahikawa Nursing Care was opened. |
| February 2011 | Home care support & Home-visit nursing care “Towa no Kane”were opened. |
| December 2012 | Towa-no-Kane-no-Ie (Asahikawa),a nursing home was opened. |
| April 2013 | Signed Sister church agreement with the Christian Presbyterian Church of Taiwan. |
| March 2022 | Due to discontinuation of the Asahikawa Nursing Care, Towa-no-Kane, home care support & Home-visit nursing care were closed. |
| April 2022 | “Towa-no-Kane-no-Ie”,was renamed to “Tomoshibi-no-Ie”, a community residence. |
| March 2024 | Dedication of the new church building and Tomoshibi-no-Ie. |
| May 2025 | Currently, there are 37 mission stations throughout Japan. There are 18 Deaf ministers, and we are a self-support church to share the gospel with Deaf people in Japan & in Asia. |
