International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 1st, 2007
In promoting its activities, the London Missionary Society (LMS) openly acknowledged the importance of the late eighteenth-century enthusiasm for the adventures of Captains Cook, Bligh, and Wallis. (1) What has received less attention is the extent to which the mission emulated these great navigators. The influence was so pervasive in the planning and execution of their first mission, to the Pacific, that Captain James Wilson actually dominated decision making, even on issues of doctrine and church government. It was also Wilson, a man who did not settle or even preach in the islands, who wa...
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