Hawaii (State)
Hawaii, the 50th state of the United States, consists of a group of eight major islands in the central Pacific ocean with a population of 965,000 in 1980 (1,262,000 in 2004) and an area of 6,450 sq. mi. (16,706 sq. km.). A Mennonite congregation began to emerge in Honolulu in 1986 under the leadership of Van Pham, a former Mennonite pastor in Vietnam, and his wife, Qui Thi Vu. The effort was supported by the Mennonite Board of Missions (Mennonite Church) and the Lancaster and Franconia Conferences; the emerging congregation was linked to the Southwest Mennonite Conference.
See also Urban Church
Bibliography
Gospel Herald. (10 March 1987): 172.
Additional Information
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, p. 364. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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