Name/Title
Rev Titus Coan of Hilo, HawaiiDescription
Titus Coan was a revivalist missionary who was stationed at Hilo, Hawaii, and brought about the conversion of thousands of natives. In fact, he eventually had a membership of 15,000 members in his church, making it the largest Protestant Church in the world at that time. His success came through quickly mastering the language, befriending and loving the natives, visiting every person who lived within 100 miles of his station and ongoing itinerations to stay in touch with the people, sometimes preaching more than 25 sermons in a day, keeping a notebook to keep track of his members, and once keeping a camp meeting going for more than two years that greatly deepened spirituality. He also became an observer of the Mauna Loa Volcano and sent his findings to geologists and magazines on the mainland. Faithful to his post, he only came back one time, for one year, to the mainland, after he had been there for 35 years. He died at Hilo in 1882 at the age of 81.
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May 13, 2023Update Date
May 30, 2023
