Mokuaikaua Church - Kona, HI
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N 19° 38.382 W 155° 59.626
5Q E 186018 N 2174370
Mokuaikaua Church is the oldest Christian church in the Hawaiian Islands.
Waymark Code: WMMXK6
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2014
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The congregation was first founded in 1820 by Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston, from the first ship of American Christian Missionaries, the brig Thaddeus. They were given permission to teach Christianity to King Kamehameha II, and the Queen Regent Kaahuman. After the royal court relocated to Honolulu, they briefly moved there. In October 1823, they learned that the people of Kailua-Kona had developed an interest in the new ways and had erected a small wooden church. The first structure on the site was made from Ohi?a wood and a thatched roof, on land obtained from Royal Governor Kuakini across the street from his Hulihe?e Palace. The name mokuaikaua literally means "district acquired by war" in the Hawaiian language, probably after the upland forest area where the wood was obtained. The churchyard graveyard is on the left side of the church facing the street and the ocean. There are about 5 graves here.
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