Island Ministers
Subtitle: Indigenous Leadership in Nineteenth Century Pacific Islands Christianity
Publisher: Pandanus Press
Published: January 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781740761765
Subjects: Christian mission & evangelism; History: World; History; Religion - Church History; Australasia, Oceania & Other Land Areas; Christianity - History - General; Australia & New Zealand - General; Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources; 19th century; Clergy; Missionaries; Missions; Oceania
Description: Foreign missionaries brought Christianity to the Pacific Islands, but in the nineteenth century hundreds of indigenous Christian teachers, evangelists, pastors and priests helped to spread the new religion across the ocean and consolidate the church on every island. Moving across the Pacific from east to west, these are the stories of indigenous men and women who worked in Pacific communities as missionaries or pastoral carers.