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Religious Topics List of Categories
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- What is the postal address of the Anglican Church of PNG
- When was the original Ela United Church dedicated?
- When did pioneer London Missionary Society missionary, Reverend Henry Lawes, set foot on Keapara? (About 126 kilometres east of Port Moresby)
- How much did it cost to build the original Ela United Church in downtown Port Moresby?
- Who was the first person to establish regular contact with the people of the Gulf and Fly River areas?
- When were Reverend James Chalmers and Reverend Oliver Tomkins killed at Goaribari Island?
- Who was the first missionary from the London Missionary Service (LMS) in PNG?
- Correction: James Chalmers did not arrive in Papua until 1877. The Rev. William Lawes had been resident in Port Moresby from about 1874. A. W. Murray and Samuel MacFarlane left Lifou in the Loyalty Group in 1870 for New Guinea and set up mission stations in the Torres Strait area, especially around Boigu, which is now in Australia, but barely so. Wasn't Australia then.
- In what year did the Methodists land on Dobu Island?
- How can I contact the Sisters of Notre Dame?
- When did the Sisters of Notre Dame arrive in Banz?
- Are there any special traditions at Christmas?
- In what year did the Catholic Marist Brothers land on Woodlark Island?
- Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have a web site in PNG?
- Does the United Pentecostal Church have a PNG website?
- When was the Nazarene Church first establsihed in PNG?
- Is there a website for interfaith discussion for PNGns?
- In what year was the catholic mission established in the Talasea area and who was or were the pioneer missonaries?
- When did the LMS samoan missionaries land in New Guinea?
- Where are the Catholic hospitals in PNG
- Marist Brothers - Buka?
- Where can I find the Lord's Prayer in Pidgin
- Is there a website for the United Church in PNG or for Rarongo Theological College?
- How the people living in Papua New Guinea's culture (What were their old customs, values, religions, language, education, diet) have been affected by other cultures; attitude toward change?
- Where can I find the Lord's Prayer in Pidgin
- What is the postal address of the Anglican Church of PNG
It depends on what part of the Church you are trying to get in touch with.
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- New Guinea Islands Diocese - PO Box 806, Kimbe, West New Britain
- Popondetta Diocese - PO Box 26, Popondetta, Northern Province
- Dogura Dicese - PO Box 19, Dogura, Milne Bay
- Aipo Rongo Diocese - PO Box 893, Mt Hagen
- Port Moresby Diocese - PO Box 6491, Boroko
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- When was the original Ela United Church dedicated?
The Ela United Church in downtown Port Moresby was dedicated at 4pm on the 18th of May, 1890.
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- When did pioneer London Missionary Society missionary, Reverend Henry Lawes, set foot on Keapara? (About 126 kilometres east of Port Moresby)
Reverend Henry Lawes set foot at Keapara on April 5, 1876.
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- How much did it cost to build the original Ela United Church in downtown Port Moresby?
It cost $550
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- Who was the first person to establish regular contact with the people of the Gulf and Fly River areas?
The Reverned James Chalmers of the London Missionary Society became the first European to make regular contact in the eastern south coast areas.
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- When were Reverend James Chalmers and Reverend Oliver Tomkins killed at Goaribari Island?
Reverend James and Reverend Oliver were killed in 1901. Chalmers was called Tamate by the locals.
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- Who was the first missionary from the London Missionary Service (LMS) in PNG?
The name of the first missionary from LMS was Reverend James Chalmers.
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- Correction: James Chalmers did not arrive in Papua until 1877. The Rev. William Lawes had been resident in Port Moresby from about 1874. A. W. Murray and Samuel MacFarlane left Lifou in the Loyalty Group in 1870 for New Guinea and set up mission stations in the Torres Strait area, especially around Boigu, which is now in Australia, but barely so. Wasn't Australia then.
Thanks
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- In what year did the Methodists land on Dobu Island?
They landed on Dobu Island in 1891.
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- How can I contact the Sisters of Notre Dame?
Papua New Guinea-Kumdi District
Notre Dame District Centre
P.O. Box 164
Mt. Hagen, W.H.P.
Kumdi
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Phone: 675/ 542-1387
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- When did the Sisters of Notre Dame arrive in Banz?
It was in 1961 when four Sisters of Notre Dame from the Toledo province in the United States arrived at the Banz area of the Western Highlands.
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- Are there any special traditions at Christmas?
Yes, it is written into the constitution of the country that PNG is a Christian country so PNG has adopted all the traditions from the various Christian religions. They would all be imported.
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- In what year did the Catholic Marist Brothers land on Woodlark Island?
They landed on Woodlark Island in 1848
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- Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have a web site in PNG?
I have not been able to find an official website but if you navigate to http://www.bordeglobal.com/papua/papua.html you'll find an unofficial one.
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- Does the United Pentecostal Church have a PNG website?
http://www.upcpng.org
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- When was the Nazarene Church first establsihed in PNG?
The first Nazarene Church was established at Kudjip, South Wahgi district of the Western Highlands Province by the pioneer missionaries Sidni Knox and his wife Wanda from Kansas City, USA on the 9th of January, 1956.
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- Is there a website for interfaith discussion for PNGns?
Not that I am aware of.
** PNG Religious Sites **
Anglican Church of PNG (Diocese of Port Moresby) -- http://portmoresby.anglican.org
Bible Society Work in PNG -- http://www.biblesociety.org/bs-pap.htm
Catholic Church of PNG and Solomon Islands -- http://www.catholicpng.org.pg
Christian Brethren Churches of PNG. -- http://www.dg.com.pg/~cbcpng/
Church of God in PNG -- http://www.zip.com.au/~openshaw/begin02.html
Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG -- http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/EvangelicalLutheranChurchofPapuaNewGuinea.EN.html
Hetune - Community of the Visitation, Popondota -- http://orders.anglican.org/arcyb/cvl.html
MAF Service in PNG -- http://www.maf.org.au/png/pnginfo.php
Melanesia Field is part of Nazarene World Missions. It is part of the Asia-Pacific Region and has its headquarters in Kudjip, PNG -- http://www.melanesianaz.org/
Nazarene Hospital at Kudjip in the Highlands of PNG is a mission hospital operated by the Church of the Nazarene, serving the people of PNG since 1967 -- http://www.kudjipnazarenehospital.org
New Tribes Mission Aviation in PNG -- http://www.ntmpng.org/ntma.htm
PNG Christian Links -- http://www.geocities.com/jbnirenga/christ-a.html
PNG Church Partnership -- http://hometown.aol.co.uk/pngcpluxton/PNGChurchPartnership.htm
Pioneer Bible Translators: PNG. -- http://www.pioneerbible.org.pg/
Religious Television Association of PNG -- http://www.rtapng.com.pg
Society of St Francis -- http://orders.anglican.org/arcyb/ssf-pac.html
The meaning of the Vow of Poverty in the third world -- http://orders.anglican.org/arcyb/2000-RichardCarter.html
The United Pentecostal Assemblies of PNG. -- http://www.upcpng.org/
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- In what year was the catholic mission established in the Talasea area and who was or were the pioneer missonaries?
Sorry I do not know the answer to that question.
Catholic Church of PNG and Solomon Islands -- http://www.catholicpng.org.pg
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- When did the LMS samoan missionaries land in New Guinea?
Sorry I can not find an answer to that question. If any reader knows the answer please let me know.
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- Where are the Catholic hospitals in PNG
I do not have a list of Catholic hospitals in PNG.
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- Marist Brothers - Buka?
Sorry do not have any information on the Marist Brothers.
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- Where can I find the Lord's Prayer in Pidgin
Try typing prayer into the search box.
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- Is there a website for the United Church in PNG or for Rarongo Theological College?
I can not find a web site for the college.
Rarongo Theological College, PO Box 1510, RABAUL, Papua New Guinea.
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- How the people living in Papua New Guinea's culture (What were their old customs, values, religions, language, education, diet) have been affected by other cultures; attitude toward change?
Sorry but your question would require pages and pages of answers. Of course the introduction of one culture into another will change the attitudes of people. Take for example the change in any society when another race is introduced. As an example ask any person from Melbourne Australia about what effect the various waves of migration have had on the people that were already there.
One of the major things that have happened is that some of the 800+ unique languages are dying out. Some are already gone.
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- Where can I find the Lord's Prayer in Pidgin
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,801921,00.html
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Updated 21 Jun 2008
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