How Christianity Came to Hawaii Dr. Mike Palompo
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Henry Opukaha`ia 1792-1818
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii “You are to aim at nothing short of covering those islands with fruitful fields and pleasant dwellings, and schools and churches, of raising up the whole people to an elevated state of Christian civilization.” (ABCFM Charge to Hawaii Missionaries)
Revival v. Revivalism “I do not desire, I do not advise a bustling, artificial effort to get up a revival, nor the construction of any man-devised machinery…I want God’s work, not man’s…I want no revivalist preachers.” John Angell James, Discourses Addressed to the Churches, London, 1861, pp. 544-5, 551
Revival v. Revivalism “I would affirm that much of the modern approach to evangelism, with its techniques and methods, is unnecessary if we really believe in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit.” D. M. Lloyd-Jones, Conversions: Psychological and Spiritual: Knowing the Times, (Banner of Truth), 1989, pp. 88-89.
Revival v. Revivalism “You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him” (Acts 10:38)
Revival v. Revivalism “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers” (2 Cor. 4:4).
Revival v. Revivalism Spiritual Warfare Taking back from the devil what rightfully belongs to God Transformation through the Trinity
Revival v. Revivalism Danny Yamashiro: “Any attempt at evangelism is 100% successful (even if you don’t get to close the deal).
Mike & Mona Park Street Church - Boston
Rev. Sereno Edwards Dwight Second Pastor of Park St. Church From 1817 – 1826 5th son of Timothy Dwight President of Yale College Chaplain of US Senate
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii
A journey of about 17,000 miles!
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Queen Kapi`olani Mt. Kilauea – Dec. 1824
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Titus Coan Haili Church - Hilo
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Titus Coan’s Grave Site 200 yards from Haili Church
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Titus Coan’s Grave Site 200 yards from Haili Church
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii
Haili Church - Interior
Haili Church - Interior
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii Ua mau ke ea o ka `aina i ka pono “The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness” 1843 HISTORY OF HAWAII STATE MOTTO Hawaii annexed by British Lord George Paulet under the guns of the warship HMS Carysfort – Feb 10, 1843 Dr. Gerrit P. Judd protests to Britain Rear Adm. Richard Darton Thomas (Paulet’s superior officer) repudiates Paulet’s actions) – July 31, 1843 Kauikeaouli utters the motto for the first time on the steps of Kawaiaha`o Church. King Kamehameha III Kauikeaouli
God’s Kingdom of Hawaii JUBILEE CELEBRATION 1820-1870 Kawaiaha`o Church SUMMARY OF RESULTS 100,000 of 120,000 population become Christian Upward from 75% literacy rate (higher than the US at that time, second highest in the world next to Scotland) Monarchy evangelized Education, Commerce, & Government established Hawaiian written language, Hawaiian translation of the Bible Jubilee celebration at Kawaiaha`o Church 1870: “Mission Accomplished”
How Christianity Came to Hawaii Dr. Mike Palompo