William Richards arrived in Hawaiʻi in 1823 with the second company of missionaries....
With the arrival of foreigners, Hawai‘i’s economy expanded beyond traditional systems....
After a week, Liholiho conveyed his decision that the missionaries could remain in Hawai‘i for a year, though directed them...
For missionaries, education was essential to both salvation and worldliness. Prominent Congregationalist ministers, such as Timothy Dwight and Edward Dorr...
Queen Ka‘ahumanu was the favorite wife of Kamehameha I, who united the Hawaiian Islands....
The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM), founded in 1810, arose from the religious fervor that America experienced...
A grand feast was held to commemorate the death of Kamehameha and the missionaries were invited to participate....
View the interactive map of the islands of Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i to see key Ali‘i and mission members...
On this anniversary marking the 200th year of the missionaries’ departure from New England and arrival in Hawai‘i, we acknowledge...
The work of spreading Christianity got an unexpected boost when Rev. William Ellis landed in Hawai‘i in the spring of...
Keōpūolani, mother of Liholiho and Kaiukeaouli, born with the kapu moe, was the highest ranking ali‘i, though she was instrumental...
Faced with declining revenues for its global missions, ABCFM founded the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall, Connecticut, in 1816 as...