Religion: Evangelism Is War

"People," says the slight, greying little Japanese, "used to call me the Dr. Goebbels of Manchukuo." For Premier Tojo and the warmakers of Japan he arranged good-will delegations to Hitler and Mussolini, became propaganda chief of Manchukuo, then of all Japan. At war's end he expected to be tried as a war criminal.

Instead, Tomio Muto was barnstorming through Indiana last week, drawing capacity crowds night after night with his charged oratory, and raising dollars by the hatful. His hope: a million Japanese Christians in four years. "Evangelism is war," says Presbyterian Muto. "As we fight for Christ, we must move on...

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