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<ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Guam, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guam, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | <ref> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Facts and Statistics: Guam, https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/country/guam, accessed 20 February 2020.</ref> | ||
=Episcopal Church Records= | |||
The Episcopal Church first came to Guam in the 1950s, when employees of the federal government working on the island petitioned the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii for a local presence. In 1956, the church acquired land in Upper Tumon, and in 1957, the first Episcopal Church on Guam, St. John the Divine, was established. Shortly thereafter, the St. John’s Episcopal School followed. Both church and school originally existed in Quonset huts, but were replaced with concrete structures after the devastating impact of Typhoon Karen in 1962. | |||
Also in the 1960s, St. Andrew By the Philippine Sea in Agat was built. The facility initially served as a day-care center, but eventually formed into a parish. The third Episcopal Church, St. Michael and All Angels in Dededo, is the most recent addition. Founded in the early 1990s, the church first held worship services in the carport of a private residence. Today, St. Michael’s is housed in its own building.<ref>"Episcopal Church", in "Guampedia", https://www.guampedia.com/episcopal-church/, accessed 24 February 2020.</ref> | |||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
The origins of the Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church on Guam date back to the 1950s, when military personnel from the Protestant Reformed Church worshiped together at the Navy Chapel. Filipino contract workers assisting with Guam’s postwar reconstruction would eventually join this group. A serviceman and elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church by the name of John Reynolds led the first Bible study classes in a Quonset hut at the camp. As interest in the church grew, Navy Chaplain Lynn Wade granted Reynolds permission to hold regular Sunday worship services. The church continued its expansion, attracting both military and civilian followers. A group of civilian families who belonged to the Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, would provide the next step in the church’s development. These families successfully contacted their home church in Michigan about adopting the Guam church as a missionary project, as the church was then operating independently from the military.<ref>"Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church", https://www.guampedia.com/faith-presbyterian-christian-reformed-church/, accessed 24 February 2020.</ref> | The origins of the Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church on Guam date back to the 1950s, when military personnel from the Protestant Reformed Church worshiped together at the Navy Chapel. Filipino contract workers assisting with Guam’s postwar reconstruction would eventually join this group. A serviceman and elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church by the name of John Reynolds led the first Bible study classes in a Quonset hut at the camp. As interest in the church grew, Navy Chaplain Lynn Wade granted Reynolds permission to hold regular Sunday worship services. The church continued its expansion, attracting both military and civilian followers. A group of civilian families who belonged to the Protestant Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, would provide the next step in the church’s development. These families successfully contacted their home church in Michigan about adopting the Guam church as a missionary project, as the church was then operating independently from the military.<ref>"Faith Presbyterian Christian Reformed Church", in "Guampedia", https://www.guampedia.com/faith-presbyterian-christian-reformed-church/, accessed 24 February 2020.</ref> | ||
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