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1 For two centuries Tonga has been a Christian kingdom
2 The Jesus March of 1995 included almost half the country's population
3 The indicators of hope for spiritual change:
a) The rapid growth of evangelical, charismatic and Pentecostal groups within and outside the mainline denominations
b) The impact of SU, with a group in nearly every village and through whom many have been converted
1 The Tongan Church has had a glorious history of missionary outreach, but for decades the vision has languished
2 The 20 th Century has been one of spiritual decline
3 Tonga has the world's highest national percentage of Mormons, but probably half of those baptized as Mormons would not consider themselves such
4 The less-reached. The growing Chinese community is the only unreached people group
5 Support ministries
a) The JESUS film which has been widely used in Tongan and English
b) The Christian TV station
c) Christian literature
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Area 747 sq.km. Archipelago of 171 coral and volcanic islands 600 km east of Fiji, 36 being inhabited.
Population (2000) 98,546 +0.28%AGR
Capital Nuku'alofa 32,000.
Polynesian 98.3%; Other 1.7%.
Literacy 100%. Official language Tongan. All languages 5. Languages with Scriptures 3Bi.
Subsistence agriculture and some tourism.
British Protected State 1900-1970.
Though avowedly Christian, there is freedom for all religions.
| Religions |
Population % |
Adherents |
Ann.Gr. |
| Christian |
95.17 |
94,000 |
+0.2% |
| Baha'i |
2.40 |
2,365 |
+1.1% |
| non-Religious/other |
2.30 |
2,267 |
+1.2% |
| Buddhist |
0.11 |
108 |
+0.2% |
| Hindu |
0.02 |
20 |
+1.0% |
| Christians |
Denom. |
Affil.% |
,000 |
Ann.Gr. |
| Protestant |
7 |
40.93 |
40 |
-0.1% |
| Independent |
5 |
19.73 |
19 |
+0.0% |
| Anglican |
1 |
0.57 |
1 |
-0.2% |
| Catholic |
1 |
14.21 |
14 |
+0.3% |
| Marginal |
2 |
40.77 |
40 |
+0.5% |
| Doubly affiliated |
|
-21.01 |
-21 |
n.a. |
Churches in Tonga
Missionaries from Tonga
44 in 5 agencies to 9 countries
Missionaries to Tonga
25 in 7 agencies from 10 countries
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