PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - It’s been more than three months since an underwater volcanic eruption caused a tsunami and devastated the Tongan islands and Portland’s local Tongan community hasn’t stopped ...

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 ...

A church in the Kingdom of Tonga is yet to decide if it will refer to police the alleged theft of more than $US340,000 by a group of its ministers. The Free Wesleyan ...

In a last-ditch effort to prevent foreclosure, the Church of Tonga in Oakland’s San Antonio district is holding an “open house” Friday for people to view the historic church and to talk to members. “I ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Churches dot the heavily Christian, tiny island of Tonga everywhere and choirs can be heard singing on any day of the week. So many in the Pacific nation of 106,000 are ...

A fire that started inside a church sanctuary early Saturday morning spread and gutted the building, a Menlo Park Fire Protection District official said. The two-alarm fire at the First Free Wesleyan ...

When Christianity reached Tonga in the 1800s, the gospel of Jesus Christ replaced worship of the Great White Shark, the Flying Fox and other symbols of a greater life force. Quite a few cultural ...

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 ...

More than a year after Lionati Fotofili went missing off the South Canterbury coast, he will be farewelled by members of his family, friends and his beloved church. The former Timaru Church of Tonga ...