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This is a list of missionaries to the South Pacific islands. See also Bible translations into Oceanic languages. Protestant Charles Scarborough (1927–2002) from ...
The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation. The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders.
This is a list of missionaries to Hawaii. Before European exploration, the Hawaiian religion was brought from Tahiti by PaŹ»ao according to oral tradition. Notable missionaries with written records below are generally Christian .
The Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans and religious Independents who left Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas in the late 1640s. . The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled from Bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to the Crown and left in search of a place in which they could freely practice their fa
Whilst back in London, John Williams published a "Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands", making a contribution to English understanding and popularity of the region, before returning to the Polynesian islands in 1837 on the ship Camden under the command of Captain Robert Clark Morgan.
In 1889, Government Inspector Caulfield noted that the behaviour of some South Sea Islanders had been improved by religious instruction. [1] Stressing "salvation before education or civilization," it aimed to prepare the imported labourers for membership in their local established churches when they returned home.
The South Pacific Forum was founded in 1971, which became the Pacific Islands Forum in 2000. Bougainville Island , geographically part of the Solomon Islands archipelago but politically part of Papua New Guinea , tried unsuccessfully to become independent in 1975, and a civil war followed in the early 1990s, with it later being granted autonomy.
At the beginning 18th century, the first Christian missionaries arrived. The islands' pearls penetrated the European market in the late 19th century, making them a coveted possession. Following the forced abdication of King Pomare V of Tahiti, the islands were annexed as an overseas territory of France.