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The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the largest religious denomination in the Cook Islands. It belongs to the Reformed family of churches.The CICC is a Christian Congregationalist church and has approximately 18,000 members, including around half of the residents of the Cook Islands. The CICC has its origins in the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS), which began work in the Cook Islands in 1821. In 1852, the LMS founded the Cook Islands LMS Church. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cook Islands Christian Church", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_Christian_Church, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | The Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) is the largest religious denomination in the Cook Islands. It belongs to the Reformed family of churches.The CICC is a Christian Congregationalist church and has approximately 18,000 members, including around half of the residents of the Cook Islands. The CICC has its origins in the work of the London Missionary Society (LMS), which began work in the Cook Islands in 1821. In 1852, the LMS founded the Cook Islands LMS Church. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Cook Islands Christian Church", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands_Christian_Church, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||
=Seventh-day Adventists= | |||
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John Tay, an American, was the first Seventh-day Adventist to visit the Cook Islands. During his visit in 1886 Tay sold Adventist literature to the people there. Another missionary voyage to the Pitcairn Islands provided a second opportunity to sell literature and offer medical services to the Cook Islanders. Dr Joseph Caldwell and his wife Julia accepted a request to stay on the island as permanent doctor. Julia, a schoolteacher, opened an English-language school. Along with them remained Dudley and Sarah Owen and Maud Young, a Pitcairner who came as a student nurse. The five Adventists worshipped regularly with the London Missionary Society believers in their church in Avarua. The services were conducted in English, but many islanders attended as well.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_Division_of_Seventh-day_Adventists, accessed 20 February 2020. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Cook Islands]] | [[Category:Cook Islands]] | ||