Christian Missionaries

Fiji- Early Christian missionaries

How early Christian missionaries carved a lifestyle for the stone-age Fijians by translating Bible into Fijian language is indeed amazing. They taught them language, fed and clothed them and taught them a new  way of life. Soon there was a newly emerging educated Fijians. It took them some years but  […]

Fiji – contributions of early Christian missionaries

The journey of translating the Fijian New Testament May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Opinion | Posted by: newsroom By Dr Andrew Thornley, Visiting Lecturer Davuilevu Methodist Theological College One of the first priorities of the Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji were the translation of Scripture into the vernacular language. This was carried out by David […]