page_title: Asa Thurston
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: Asa Thurston / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: English: Moku'aikaua Church in Kailua-Kona, is the oldest Christian Church in Hawaii
context_page_description: Asa Thurston was a Protestant missionary from the United States who was part of the first company of American Christian missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands with his wife Lucy Goodale Thurston.
context_section_description: The Thurston lava tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is named for his family.
caption: Mokuʻaikaua Church today
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