Hawaii

North America

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Land & People

Many consider Hawaii to be a tropical paradise. Few think of it as a mission field, and yet it is. Hawaii is one of the world’s greatest melting pots culturally and racially. When native Hawaiians refused to work for expanding sugar and pineapple plantations, laborers were imported in large numbers from China, Korea, Japan, Portugal, and the Philippines, resulting in an almost complete racial change of population. The culture of the people is Asian; attitudes are molded by Eastern beliefs.

Religion

Predominate religions are Roman Catholicism and Buddhism.

Year Established

1954

Past & Current Work

Baptist Mid-Missions’ work in Hawaii was inspired by two BMM General Council members who stopped in Honolulu in 1953 on their way to the Far East. Impressed by the need of the islands with their multiracial population, they challenged Baptist Mid-Missions to enter this field. Duane and Jean McCrum responded to the challenge and pioneered the work in 1954, beginning in rural Honokaa on the island of Hawaii.

The Lord has blessed over the years, and several churches planted in Hawaii have become self-supporting. These include works in Hilo, Kailua (a suburb of Honolulu); Pearl City, Oahu; and Aloha Baptist Church (Honokaa) and Halelewa Baptist Church (Kailua) on the Big Island.

Ministry Possibility

Seventy percent of the people in Hawaii are unchurched—only an estimated two percent are Christians. Although no missionary personnel are currently resident, Baptist Mid-Missions desires church planters to reach the many Hawaiians that do not know Christ as Savior and to develop faithful Hawaiian Baptist churches. Because of Hawaii's strategic location, ministry in Hawaii opens doors to ministry in the Pacific island nations also.

Additional Facts

https://portal.ehawaii.gov/

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