Author: MUNRO, DOUG; THORNLEY, ANDREW; Editors.
Title: The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [xii], 321; double page map, 15 pages of b/w. photographic plates, several b/w. text illustrations and maps, list of contributors, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, fine copy. Suva, Fiji; Pacific Theological College and The Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific; 1996. "The Christian Gospel was first announced in the Pacific by missionaries from Europe. However, within two to three decades of this announcement, the young Christian communities of the Islands were sending out their own missionaries. In the 150 years after 1820, over 1200 Pacific Islanders served as Christian missionaries. Many of them were the 'pioneers' in the places to which they were sent. In this book, published in the 30th year of the Pacific Theological College, authors of both European and Islander backgrounds examine the very significant work, impact and influence of these Pacific Island Missionaries."

Keywords: South Pacific Region Church History