MOKUʻAIKAUA CHURCH
Site — Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/mokuaikaua-church-kailua-kona-hawaii/

The first Christian church in Hawaii—1820.

Mokuʻaikaua Church is a site in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. The first Christian church in Hawaii—1820. The archive files it under religious heritage, the colonial era and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors. For HauntHunt it is exactly the kind of file the archive exists for: a real place, a real record, and a story still being told.

Mokuaikaua is the first — the 'Christian church' that's the islands' rank, the '1820' that's the missionaries' landing. The 'heiau stones' is the reused — the 'temple rock' that's the walls' source, the 'coral burned' that's the mortar's lime. The 'king gave' is the permitted — the 'Liholiho' that's the donor's rank, the 'his home' that's the first church's form.
The '163 days' is the sailed — the 'Thaddeus' that's the brig's name, the 'Cape Horn' that's the route's turn. The 'grass burned' is the replaced — the 'hale' that's the '23's build, the 'stone' that's the '37's answer. Mokuaikaua is the endangered — the '11 Most' that's the '14's list, the 'earthquake' that's the damage's cause.
The file keeps Mokuaikaua: the first church, the reused stones, the king's gift, and the endangered steeple.
Mokuaikaua is the archive's Hawaii file — the church built from a temple's stones.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Mokuaikaua is the archive's Hawaii file — Christianity's first foothold in the islands.
A church keeps its stones — the file's suggestion being that Mokuaikaua's hold is the layered: the 'heiau' that's the walls' source, the 'Thaddeus' that's the arrival's ship, and the 'endangered' that's the steeple's status.

FILED CLAIMS — 1 on record, reported not verified
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a presence at the church. The reports at Mokuʻaikaua Church are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. It's anecdotal evidence in the strictest sense — stories, repeated, unresolved. The account appears in 'Mokuʻaikaua'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: Mokuʻaikaua (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokuaikaua_Church)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· [1820] The 1820 church is documented. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Mokuʻaikaua'. The date is part of the site's documented spine. The file stays open on it.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Mokuʻaikaua — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokuaikaua_Church

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