British missionary John Williams pioneered the spread of Christianity in the South Pacific by employing the zeal of Polynesian converts.
By Steven Gertz
www.ChristianityToday.com
"One day they will come, with crucifix in one hand and the dagger in the other, to cut your throats or to force you to accept their customs and opinions," wrote the French intellectual Diderot in 1772. "One day under their rule you will be almost as unhappy as they are."
Diderot was sounding the alarm for Tahitians unfamiliar with European colonialism before the English missionary effort in the South Pacific got underway. Could he have witnessed how Christianity actually spread throughout the islands, he might have retracted his dire prediction.
Read this article from the Christian History & Biography website.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ch/2005/003/12.44.html
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