Editing History of Tuvalu (section)

==The arrival of Christian missionaries==
Traders, such as Tom Rose at Nukulaelae and Robert Waters at Nui, actively proselytized Christianity. Rose by holding services on Sundays. Although Waters, and other traders, such Charlie Douglas at Niutao and Jack O’Brien at Funafuti, had economic motives in destroying the ancient religions so that the islanders were more focused on the copra and coconut oil trade.<ref name="Doug Munro 1987">Doug Munro, ''The Lives and Times of Resident Traders in Tuvalu: An Exercise in History from Below'', (1987) 10(2) Pacific Studies 73</ref>

The first Christian missionary came to Tuvalu in 1861 when [[Elekana]], a Christian deacon from [[Manihiki]] in the [[Cook Islands]] became caught in a storm and drifted for 8 weeks before landing at [[Nukulaelae]].<ref name="AB2">{{cite journal |author= Goldsmith, M. and Munro, D. |title= Encountering Elekana Encountering Tuvalu |journal= Rubinstein, D.H. Ed. Pacific History: Papers from the 8th Pacific History Association Conference |year=1992 |pages=25–41}}</ref><ref name="MGDM">{{cite book |author1=Michael Goldsmith |author2=Doug Munro |title= The accidental missionary: tales of Elekana|year= 2002 |publisher= Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury }}</ref> Once there, Elekana began [[proselytism|proselytizing]] Christianity.<ref name="Laumua Kofe 1983"/> He was trained at [[Malua|Malua Theological College]], a [[London Missionary Society]] school in Samoa, before beginning his work in establishing what became the Church of Tuvalu.<ref name="Laumua Kofe 1983"/><ref name="AB1">{{cite journal |author= Goldsmith, M. and Munro, D. |title= Conversion and Church Formation in Tuvalu |journal= Journal of Pacific History |volume=27 |issue= 1|year=1992 |pages=44–54|doi= 10.1080/00223349208572690}}</ref>

In 1865 the Rev. Archibald Wright Murray of the London Missionary Society – a [[Protestant]] [[Congregational churches|congregationalist]] missionary society – arrived as the first European missionary where he too [[proselytism|proselytized]] among the Ellice Islanders.<ref name="MAW">{{cite journal |author= Murray, A.W. |title= Missionary Voyage to the Lagoon Islands |journal= Missionary Magazine |volume= December|year=1865 |pages=335–45}}</ref> The Rev. Samuel James Whitmee visited the islands in 1870.<ref name="JCC">{{cite book |last1=Whitmee |first1= Rev. Samuel James |title= A missionary cruise in the South Pacific: being the report of a voyage amongst the Tokelau, Ellice and Gilbert Islands, in the missionary barque "John Williams" during 1870|year= 1871 |publisher= Joseph Cook & Co |location=Sydney }}</ref> By 1878 Protestantism was well established with preachers on each island.<ref name="Laumua Kofe 1983"/> In the later 19th century the ministers of what became the [[Church of Tuvalu]] were predominantly Samoans,<ref name="MDKT">{{cite book |last1=Munro |first1= Doug |title= Kirisome and Tema: Samoan Pastors in the Ellice Islands|year= 1978 |publisher= Deryck Scarr (ed.), More Pacific Islands Portraits |location=Canberra }}</ref> who influenced the development of the [[Tuvaluan language]] and the [[music of Tuvalu]].<ref name="MD">{{cite book|first=D. |last= Munro |title = Samoan Pastors in Tuvalu, 1865–1899|year=1996  |publisher= Suva, Fiji, Pacific Theological College and the University of the South Pacific |pages=124–157|chapter= D. Munro & A. Thornley (eds.) The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific }}</ref>  Westbrook, a trader on Funafuti, reported that the pastors impose strict rules on all people on the island, including demanding attendance at church and forbidding cooking on a Sunday.<ref name="PIM1931">{{cite web| last = Westbrook, G.E.L.| work= II(5) Pacific Islands Monthly |title= Missions – Good and Bad|date = 18 December 1931|url= https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-310832318/view?partId=nla.obj-310845956#page/n13/mode/1up | access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="PIM1969-4">{{cite web| last =| first =  | work= 40(4) Pacific Islands Monthly |title=Do Ellice pastors have too much influence? |date =1 April 1969|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-327781502/view?sectionId=nla.obj-336031991&partId=nla.obj-327848342#page/n68/mode/1up| access-date=2 October 2021}}</ref>