By Dr. Nick Freeman On the east side of Maui next to Makena Beach stands the landmark Keawala’i Congregational Church, which has been a beacon of the Hawaiian Christian church for almost two hundred years. While some of the details of its origins have been published,...
A Historical Survey of the Totality of Events of the Great Hawaiian Revival from 1836-1842 This is a thorough and well-researched dissertation by Dr. Nick Freeman that provides an overview of the leading players and locations of what is known today as the “Great...
The Rev. Titus Coan or Father Koana as he was known by his church members at Haili Church in Hilo, had a long and wonder-filled ministry beginning in 1835, leading what was once known as the largest church in the world with over 20,000 members. While much has been...
The Queen Regent Kaahumanu (Kuhina Nui),[1] the last wife of Kamehameha I,[2] was a primary force for Christianity in the Hawaiian Islands in the first half of the nineteenth century, which helped set the stage for the Great Hawaiian Revival, the growth of Protestant...
The Rev. Davida Malo (1795-1853) was one of the earliest Hawaiian converts and ordained protestant ministers of the 1830’s who subsequently became a primary Hawaiian author and historian, whose book Moolelo Hawaii has been a resource in the study of Hawaiian culture...
Starting in the 1820s, Moku’aikaua Church in Kailua-Kona is recognized as the first and oldest Christian church in Hawaii and today “its high steeple stands out conspicuously and has become a landmark from both land and sea (Mokuʻaikaua Church | Images of Old...
Audio books and podcasts are all the rage today. Because many of my friends listen to a lot of material every week, I decided to issue a challenge to fold in an audio Bible to their daily consumption. But first, here are five reasons everyone should be listening to an...
John Honolii: Interpreter, teacher, gospel preacher, church planter, and soul winner). Just off High Street in Wailuku, Maui, next to Honolii Park, its namesake, John Honoli’i rests in the Kaahumanu Church cemetery. Honoli’i was one of the first Hawaiians to receive...
by Nicholas Freeman Many know the story of Chiefess Kapiolani’s December 1825, visit to the top of Kilauea: She challenged the priestess of the goddess Pele with the word of God. But there are other aspects of her amazing and eventful life that deserve to...
Introduction Batimea Puaaiki (Blind Bartimeus) was the second Protestant Christian to be baptized in the Hawaiian Kingdom and the first ordained Protestant minister. He was one of the first members, along with his wife, of the church at Lahaina, and preached the...
