Hawaiian paradise includes challenges as state convention welcomes church planters
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HONOLULU (BP) — Visiting Hawaii and the reality of living and ministering there can be two different things. For mainlanders, mention of the state produces images of beautiful beaches, relaxation and weather so perfect it’s unfair to the rest of the world.
Those all hold true for the ones who call it home, but with more complexity.
The diversity of the state is reflected in the churches of the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention, itself stretching to the South Pacific and Micronesia. The HPBC goes so far west that it actually becomes east, including a dozen churches in the Asia Baptist Network.
