Mormon Pacific Historical Society
Keywords
Tonga, temple excursions, Latter-day Saints
Abstract
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had a presence in Tonga since July of 1891, when Mormon missionaries, Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler arrived in Nuku’alofa on the island of Tongatapu.1 Although the Tongan mission was organized as early as 1916, the Church did not began to grow at a steady rate in Tonga until the 1920s. The first stake in Tonga was created in 1968, and the Nuku’alofa Tonga Temple was dedicated in 1983. However, where did Tongan Latter-day Saints attend the temple between from the 1920s until 1983?
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Ogletree, Ph.D., Mark D.
(2019)
"Temple Excursions from Tonga to New Zealand: Stories of Faith,"
Mormon Pacific Historical Society: Vol. 40, Article 8.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mphs/vol40/iss1/8
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