‘Jesus Is the Way’: What the new hymnbook’s Tongan hymn means to Tongan Latter-day Saints

Salome Strom was born and raised in Ha’alaufuli, Vava’u, within the Kingdom of Tonga. She grew up singing “Folofola Mai ‘a ...
East Bay Times

Hayward church helps keep the Tongan tradition alive

HAYWARD — About 5 p.m., as people trickle into the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Ha’unga Fetu’u belts out a sonorous note in his native language, followed by a hymn so harmonious it ...
Christianity Today

Tongan Christians Felt the Force of the Volcano. And the World’s Prayers.

The kingdom and its diaspora credit their Christian faith for the low number of casualties. When he heard the first boom, Feʻilaokitau Kaho Tevi was in line to get his car washed in Tonga’s capital ...
The Digital Universe

Tongan king visits Utah

More than 1,000 people welcomed His Royal Highness King Taufa''ahau Tupou IV and his wife, Queen Halaevalu Mata''aho, of Tonga during the dedication of the Tongan United Methodist Church in West ...
KSL

9 hymns, including 'Amazing Grace' and 'This is the Christ,' added to Latter-day Saint hymnbook

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East Bay Times

Hayward church helps Tongans keep tradition alive

HAYWARD — About 5 p.m., as people trickle into the sanctuary at First United Methodist Church, Ha’unga Fetu’u belts out a sonorous note in his native language, followed by a hymn so harmonious it ...