Religion in Tonga, the Glossary
Christianity is the predominant religion in Tonga, with Methodists having the most adherents.[1]
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51 relations: A cappella, Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, Anglicanism, Assemblies of God, Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí Faith in Tonga, Baháʼí school, Baháʼí Studies Review, Baháʼí teaching plans, Baháʼu'lláh, Bishop, Buddhism, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in Tonga, Christian denomination, Christianity, Christians, Church (building), Church of Tonga, Coconut theology, Constitution of Tonga, Free Church of Tonga, Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Garhshankar, Hinduism, Islam, Islam in Tonga, Jehovah's Witnesses, Law, Methodism, Mormonism, Nukuʻalofa, Ocean of Light International School, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Public domain, Radio Tonga, Religion in Tonga, Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga, Sabbath in Christianity, Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga, Sikhs, Sione ʻAmanaki Havea, Tehsil, Television Tonga, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga, Theology, Tonga, Tonga Broadcasting Commission, ... Expand index (1 more) »
A cappella
Music performed a cappella, less commonly spelled a capella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment.
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Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, formerly the Church of the Province of New Zealand, is a province of the Anglican Communion serving New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
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Assemblies of God
The World Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is an international Pentecostal denomination.
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Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
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Baháʼí Faith in Tonga
The Baháʼí Faith in Tonga started after being set as a goal to introduce the religion in 1953, and Baháʼís arrived in 1954.
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Baháʼí school
A Baháʼí school at its simplest would be a school run officially by the Baháʼí institutions in its jurisdiction and may be a local class or set of classes, normally run weekly where children get together to study about Baháʼí teachings, Baháʼí central figures, or Baháʼí administration.
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Baháʼí Studies Review
Baháʼí Studies Review was a peer-reviewed academic journal, published annually from 1991 to 2015, that covered contemporary issues regarding the principles, history, and philosophy of the Baháʼí Faith.
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Baháʼí teaching plans
The leadership of the Baháʼí Faith has created goal-oriented Baháʼí teaching plans, spanning 1–10 years each, to spread the Baháʼí Faith.
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Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith.
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Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs (DRL) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic Church in Tonga
The Catholic Church in Tonga is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of its local bishop in communion with the Bishop of Rome.
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Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Church (building)
A church, church building, or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities.
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Church of Tonga
The Church of Tonga (Siasi ʻo Tonga) is a Christian Protestant Christian Orthodox founded in, and primarily active in, Tonga.
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Coconut theology
Coconut theology was an attempt by the Tongan Methodist minister Sione 'Amanaki Havea to create a contextual theology that spoke to the specific experience and context of Pacific Island or Oceanic culture.
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Constitution of Tonga
The Constitution of Tonga is supreme law under which the Government of Tonga operates.
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Free Church of Tonga
The Free Church of Tonga (Tongan: Siasi ʻo Tonga Tauʻatāina) is a Christian denomination of Methodist extraction in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga
The Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga (FWCT; Tongan: Siasi Uēsiliana Tau‘atāina ‘o Tonga) is a Methodist denomination in Tonga.
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Garhshankar
Garhshankar is a city in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
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Islam in Tonga
Tonga is an overwhelmingly Christian majority country, with adherents of Islam being a minuscule minority.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.
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Law
Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate.
Methodism
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley.
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Mormonism
Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s.
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Nukuʻalofa
Nukualofa is the capital and largest city of Tonga.
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Ocean of Light International School
The Ocean of Light International School, located in Tonga, is a private international Baháʼí school dedicated to the development of the spiritual, intellectual, and physical potential of the students and to the fostering of a new world society identifying itself with the principles of a world citizenship, a universal value system, a world embracing administrative, economic, social and educational systems based on the concept of unity in diversity, established in 1996.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
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Public domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
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Radio Tonga
Radio Tonga (also known by call letters A3Z) is Tonga's main commercial radio station, founded in 1961 by Queen Salote Tupou III, and operating as a service of the Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC).
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Religion in Tonga
Christianity is the predominant religion in Tonga, with Methodists having the most adherents.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tonga
The Diocese of Tonga (Latin: Dioecesis Tongana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Tonga.
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Sabbath in Christianity
Many Christians observe a weekly day set apart for rest and worship called a Sabbath in obedience to Gods commandment to remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, usually on Sunday, the Lord's Day.
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Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tonga, (Siasi ʻAhofitu) is one of the smaller religious groups in the South Pacific island state of Tonga, with a reported 3,853 members as of June 30, 2020.
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Sikhs
Sikhs (singular Sikh: or; sikkh) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak.
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Sione ʻAmanaki Havea
Sione Amanaki Havea (1922–2000) was a Tongan Methodist minister and theologian, known for developing a contextual theology for the context of the Pacific Islands.
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Tehsil
A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.
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Television Tonga
Television Tonga is a Tongan television channel operated by the Tonga Broadcasting Commission.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tonga
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) (Tongan: Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní or Siasi Māmonga) has had a presence in Tonga since 1891.
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Theology
Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.
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Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.
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Tonga Broadcasting Commission
Tonga Broadcasting Commission (TBC) (Komisoni Fakamafolalea Tonga) is the first and largest broadcasting station in Tonga, solely owned by the government of Tonga.
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Tongan religion
Though it is no longer practised today, Tonga's ancient religion was practised for over 2,000 years, and some authors have characterised pre-contact Tonga as a theocracy.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Tonga
Also known as Christianity in Tonga, Freedom of religion in Tonga, Hinduism in Tonga, Religious demographics of Tonga, Religious freedom in Tonga.