What could unlock LDS Church growth in Japan? Two words, says scholar: green tea.

How the political and social views of Japanese Latter-day Saints compare with their U.S. counterparts.

 

The high-ranking business executive didn’t know what to do.

A faithful Japanese Latter-day Saint, he had committed to never allowing a drop of green tea — considered, along with black tea and coffee, to be against the faith’s dietary code — to pass his lips.

But here he was, seated at a full conference table while the powerful chair of another organization’s board performed a tea ceremony in his honor.

 

 https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/04/12/what-could-unlock-lds-church/

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