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The first Roman Catholic church was dedicated in 1896.<ref>"Religion in the Cook Islands", http://www.ck/religion.htm, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | The first Roman Catholic church was dedicated in 1896.<ref>"Religion in the Cook Islands", http://www.ck/religion.htm, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||
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During World War II, Matthew Cowley, then president of the New Zealand Mission, assigned Fritz Kruger, a New Zealand baker who owned a business at Avarua, Rarotonga, to help establish the Church on the Cook Islands. He and his family subsequently moved to Rarotonga, and their first convert was Samuel Glassie and his family...A Rarotonga Mission was created 20 November 1960, but later became part of the New Zealand Mission. In 1979, there were 718 members in 10 branches (small congregations) in the Cook Islands. <ref>Facts and Statistics: Cook Islands, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/cook-islands, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | |||
='''Cook Islands Christian Church'''= | ='''Cook Islands Christian Church'''= | ||