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Tahitian Ministry News

Check out the latest Tahitian Ministry news related to Christian ministry events and activities happening in Tahiti and the French Polynesian islands.

Want to See what a Short-Term Mission Trip to French Polynesia Looks Like?

A big THANKS for Rachel and Amber for sharing with us their compilation of videos and images they collected on their short-term mission trip to Tahiti and French Polynesia last year. What a fun and educational time it was! Contact us to learn how you might be able to...

Evanelia Featured in Village Ministries Newsletter

The Journey of Good Samaritans Thanks to my father’s service in the South Pacific during World War II, I was fascinated with the region for much of my life. This fascination increased even more during my seminary years and beyond as I began to read novels such as...

The Cornerstone in Rangiroa

Rangiroa is the gateway to the Tuamotu Archipelago, a scattering of nearly 80 small islands over an ocean area of 7,700 square miles. It is a vast watery wilderness, with 16,000 hardy individuals living on islands with no sources of fresh water except rain, with harsh...
Rachel Musser on Ministry in Tahiti

Rachel Musser on Ministry in Tahiti

In 2021, Mark and Rene Perkins moved to Tahiti as missionaries, establishing Evanelia Tahiti: organized to assist the people of French Polynesia in the Great Commission of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through education. Every level and type of education may be in...

Magali: Our First Ministry Partner in French Polynesia

Magali: Our First Ministry Partner in French Polynesia

Once or twice a month we visit Magali and a small group of believers on the island of Moorea, across from Tahiti. Magali’s house is where I first taught a Bible lesson in French Polynesia, back in 2017.    Magali comes from the remote Marquesas Islands,...

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Hana: Serving God in Papara

Hana: Serving God in Papara

I first met Hana in October 2021. We were all unloading nearly 4500 boxes filled with shoeboxes from Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. We had nine shipping containers full of 62,000 shoeboxes each representing  the greatest gift of all time, ...

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Help Needed: Tahitian Digital Bible Project

Help Needed: Tahitian Digital Bible Project

I would deeply appreciate your help.  French Polynesia has only one digital version of a Bible in Tahitian.  That happens to be the New World Translation from the Jehovah's Witnesses.  I DETEST this situation. Although we are involved in a...

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A Year of Growth, A Year of Blessing

A Year of Growth, A Year of Blessing

A year ago today, we arrived in French Polynesia with our 8 suitcases.  The country was in full COVID lockdown. We had heard there were checkpoints manned by the National Police on the main route toward our (sight unseen) rental home, and we were not completely...

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Working Together

Working Together

Our friend Frederique taking notes at the Sunday morning Bible study.  Our local church has Bible study before the Sunday morning service.  Recently we have been studying the life of Joseph, Ezekiel 27 and resurrection, and the man born blind. Mark has...

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Reflections on Rurutu

Reflections on Rurutu

During the week of July 11-15, I (Mark) traveled to Rurutu, a small island about 350 miles southeast of Tahiti. There are 2,400 residents living on its 12 square miles. It was a valuable trip from many perspectives.  My purpose was to go and meet as many people as...

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