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The Melanesian Mission is an Anglican missionary agency supporting the work of local Anglican churches in Melanesia.[1] It was founded in 1849 by George Selwyn, the first Bishop of New Zealand.[2]

  1. ^ Official website
  2. ^ Limbrick, Warren E. (1990). "Selwyn, George Augustus". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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Melanesian Mission

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Christianity portal The Melanesian Mission is an Anglican missionary agency supporting the work of local Anglican churches in Melanesia. It was founded...

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Norfolk Island

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1867, the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission of the Church of England was established on the island. In 1920, the Mission was relocated from Norfolk...

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Gela language

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family. Towards the end of the 19th century, Gela was used by the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, as a language of Christianisation...

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Mota language

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missionary lingua franca throughout areas of Oceania included in the Melanesian Mission, an Anglican missionary agency. Mota was used on Norfolk Island, in...

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Melanesian Brotherhood

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Christianity portal The Melanesian Brotherhood is an Anglican religious community of men in simple vows based primarily in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu...

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Angu

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New Venture into the Unknown, booklet produced by the Melanesian Mission on their proposed mission to the Kukukuku people of New Guinea, 1935. "Kukukuku...

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Vanuatu

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of Solomon Islands, and west of Fiji. Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. The first Europeans to visit the islands were a Spanish expedition...

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Fiji

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it had been previously. The murder of Bishop John Patteson of the Melanesian Mission at Nukapu in the Reef Islands had provoked public outrage, which was...

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Robert Henry Codrington

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worked as headmaster of the Melanesian Mission school on Norfolk Island from 1867 to 1887. Over his many years with the Melanesian people, he gained a deep...

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Tepukei

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Rev. W.C. (1908). Santa Cruz and the Reef Islands. Westminster: The Melanesian Mission. Anne Di Piazza, Erik Pearthree and Francois Paille (2014). "Wind...

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Oroha language

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same language. The three Tolo villages now harbor schools under the Melanesian Mission. There are 38 people who still currently use the Oroha language today...

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Land diving

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an interesting tour, and convinced the Anglican villagers of the Melanesian Mission at Point Cross to perform a jump. However, the vines were not elastic...

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Religion in Vanuatu

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uncoordinated Christian missionization efforts throughout the nation. The diverse approaches of the Catholic mission, the Melanesian Mission and the Church of...

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Archbishop of Melanesia

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The Melanesian Mission (UK). 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2022. The Story of the Melanesian Mission...

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Anglican Church of Melanesia

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many languages in Melanesia made evangelisation a challenge. The Melanesian Mission adopted the language of the island of Mota in the Banks group of islands...

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John Steward

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as a priest in the Melanesian Mission, which he joined in 1902. In 1920 Steward moved the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission from Norfolk Island...

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Armstrong Whitworth

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Navy, 1899 Iwate (磐手), Imperial Japanese Navy, 1900 Southern Cross, Melanesian Mission Steamer, 1903 HMS Swiftsure, Royal Navy, 1903 Kashima (鹿島), Imperial...

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HMAS Southern Cross

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Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. Built in 1933 for the Melanesian Mission of the Anglican Church, she was requisitioned by the RAN on 29 March...

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Tikopia

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study of Tikopia culture. The Anglican Melanesian Mission first made contact with Tikopia in 1858. A mission teacher was not allowed to settle on the...

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Benjamin Yate Ashwell

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schooner Southern Cross with the Rev. J.C. Patteson to visit the Melanesian Mission stations in the Loyalty Islands, New Hebrides, and Banks Islands....

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Ten Thousand Miles in the Southern Cross

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though one is of a bishop in full canonical regalia, presumably at a Melanesian mission. Most of the shots are wide shots, with less than 10% close-ups, including...

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History of Fiji

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000 years BC, followed by a large influx of people with predominantly Melanesian genetics about the time of the beginning of the Common Era. Europeans...

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