SAMOAN ISLANDS

Peppering the Pacific just below the equator halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, a group of islands make up two nations—American Samoa and the independent nation of Samoa. They are home to nearly a quarter million people.

The Polynesian people of the Samoan Islands share a distinct language and culture steeped in ancient tradition. At the same time, due to Western influence over the last one hundred years, both nations are quickly modernizing in technologies and ideologies.

Christianity was introduced in the Nineteenth century by Congregational and Methodist missionaries, with the Catholics not far behind. The gospel of salvation by grace is rarely preached in its’ pure form. The need for fundamental Baptist missionaries is great.