Free Wesleyan Church

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The Free Wesleyan Church (Siasi Uesiliana Tau‘ataina ‘o Tonga in Tongan[1]) is the largest Methodist denomination in Tonga. The royal family of the country are prominent members, and the late king was a lay preacher.

It was founded as the Free Church of Tonga in 1885, when King George Tupou I decided that a sovereign nation, in the process of promoting its sovereignty abroad by means of bilateral treaties with Western nations, should have an independent (Wesleyan) Church.

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  1. ^ Tonga on the 'NET - Christianity and The Kingdom of Tonga: Free Wesleyan Church
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