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polity">Polity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Congregational_polity" title="Congregational polity">Congregational</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boys%27_Brigade" title="Boys' Brigade">Boys' Brigade International Fellowship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-globalfellowship_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalfellowship-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_World_Mission" title="Council for World Mission">Council for World Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Association_for_Christian_Communication" title="World Association for Christian Communication">World Association for Christian Communication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Conference_of_Churches" title="Pacific Conference of Churches">Pacific Conference of Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tuvalu" title="Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elekana" title="Elekana">Elekana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">1861</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated from</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christian_Congregational_Church_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Congregational Church of Samoa">Christian Congregational Church of Samoa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Congregations</th><td class="infobox-data">18<sup id="cite_ref-reformiert-online.net_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reformiert-online.net-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">9,715<sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oikoumene-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Christian Church of Tuvalu</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_language" title="Tuvaluan language">Tuvaluan</a>: <i>Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu</i>, <b>EKT</b>), is a <a href="/wiki/Christian_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian church">Christian church</a> and is the largest religious denomination in the country. This status entitles it to "the privilege of performing special services on major national events";<sup id="cite_ref-US2022_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US2022-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> its adherents comprise about 86% of the 11,600 inhabitants of the <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a>. </p><p>Theologically, it is part of the <a href="/wiki/Calvinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinist">Calvinist</a> tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-reformiert-online.net_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reformiert-online.net-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Section 23 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Tuvalu" title="Constitution of Tuvalu">Constitution of Tuvalu</a> guarantees freedom of belief, including the freedom of thought, religion and belief, the freedom to change religion or belief, the right not to receive religious instruction at school or to attend religious ceremonies at school, and the right not to "take an oath or make an affirmation that is contrary to [one's] religion or beliefs".<sup id="cite_ref-CofT23_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CofT23-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christianity first came to Tuvalu in 1861 when <a href="/wiki/Elekana" title="Elekana">Elekana</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Deacon" title="Deacon">deacon</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manihiki" title="Manihiki">Manihiki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cook_Islands" title="Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a> became caught in a storm and drifted for eight weeks before landing at <a href="/wiki/Nukulaelae" title="Nukulaelae">Nukulaelae</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AB2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MG_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MG-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elekana began <a href="/wiki/Proselytism" title="Proselytism">proselytising</a> Christianity. He was trained at <a href="/wiki/Malua" title="Malua">Malua Theological College</a>, a <a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a> school in <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>, before beginning his work in establishing the Church of Tuvalu. In 1865, the Reverend Archibald Wright Murray of the <a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a> (LMS) – a <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> <a href="/wiki/Congregational_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational churches">congregationalist</a> missionary society – arrived as the first European missionary where he too proselytized among the inhabitants of Tuvalu.<sup id="cite_ref-MAW_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MAW-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AB1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AB1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murray was followed by the Reverend Samuel James Whitmee in 1870.<sup id="cite_ref-JCC_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JCC-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first pastors were: Ioane at <a href="/wiki/Nukulaelae" title="Nukulaelae">Nukulaelae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nanumanga" title="Nanumanga">Nanumanga</a> (1865–88);<sup id="cite_ref-MDKT_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDKT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Doug_Munro_1987_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Doug_Munro_1987-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kirisome at <a href="/wiki/Nui_(atoll)" title="Nui (atoll)">Nui</a> (1865–99); Tapumanaia Kitiona at <a href="/wiki/Niutao" title="Niutao">Niutao</a> (1865);<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tema at <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a> (1870–89); Jeremia at <a href="/wiki/Vaitupu" title="Vaitupu">Vaitupu</a> (1880–95);<sup id="cite_ref-MDKT_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDKT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1896 the pastor on Funafuti was Simona.<sup id="cite_ref-Sollas_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sollas-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministers of what became the Church of Tuvalu were predominantly <a href="/wiki/Samoan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Samoan people">Samoans</a> who graduated from <a href="/wiki/Malua" title="Malua">Malua Theological College</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-MDKT_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MDKT-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and who influenced the development of the <a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_language" title="Tuvaluan language">Tuvaluan language</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Tuvalu" title="Music of Tuvalu">music of Tuvalu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-history_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MD_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MD-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The LMS Church in the Ellice Islands remained part of the Samoan LMS Church’s congregational system until 1958, and was administered (together with <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Islands" title="Gilbert Islands">Gilbert Islands</a>, under the title, the Northwest Outstations of the Samoan Mission.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, the LMS Church in the Ellice Islands became self-governing.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ellice Islander ministers were trained at Mälua, the LMS College in Western Samoa.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Samoan language Bible was used until 1978 when a Tuvaluan-language New Testament was published.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldsmith_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldsmith-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, the ETK acquired its independence from the LMS, since which time it has sent some missionaries to serve <a href="/wiki/Tuvaluan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuvaluan people">Tuvaluan migrants</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshall Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TEKT_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TEKT-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fetu_Ao_Lima_(Morning_Star_Church),_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg/250px-Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg/375px-Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg/500px-Fetu_Ao_Lima_%28Morning_Star_Church%29%2C_Congregational_Christian_Church_of_Tuvalu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Fetu Ao Lima (Morning Star Church), Congregational Christian Church of Tuvalu</figcaption></figure> <p>The former <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_Tuvalu" title="Governor-General of Tuvalu">Governor-General of Tuvalu</a>, Rev Sir <a href="/wiki/Filoimea_Telito" title="Filoimea Telito">Filoimea Telito</a>, presided over the Church until his death in July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFT_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFT-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Reverend Kalahati Kilei, President of the ETK and Pastor for the island community of Funafuti, died on 10 September 2019 at <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret_Hospital_(Funafuti)" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Margaret Hospital (Funafuti)">Princess Margaret Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FB19_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FB19-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most prominent building on <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a> is the <i>Fētu'ao Lima</i> (Morning Star Church) of the Church of Tuvalu. </p><p>The Church currently publishes a <a href="/wiki/Church_bulletin" class="mw-redirect" title="Church bulletin">bulletin</a> in the Tuvaluan and English languages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs">Beliefs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Beliefs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the church is an offshoot of the <a href="/wiki/London_Missionary_Society" title="London Missionary Society">London Missionary Society</a>, it is <a href="/wiki/Calvinism" class="mw-redirect" title="Calvinism">Calvinist</a> in doctrine and <a href="/wiki/Congregationalist_polity" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregationalist polity">congregational</a> in organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-reformiert-online.net_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reformiert-online.net-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oikoumene-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is an ordination for women which occurred on July 16, 2022, with the first two women, Rev Oliula Kalahati and Rev. Sulufaiga Uota (EKT Head Office, 2022). The Apostles' Creed and the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> are generally accepted. Being the <i>de facto</i> <a href="/wiki/State_church" class="mw-redirect" title="State church">state church</a>, the Church of Tuvalu dominates most aspects of social, cultural and political life in the country. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fetuvalu_Secondary_School">Fetuvalu Secondary School</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Fetuvalu Secondary School"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church operates <a href="/wiki/Fetuvalu_Secondary_School" title="Fetuvalu Secondary School">Fetuvalu Secondary School</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Day_school" title="Day school">day school</a> which is located on <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FHS_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FHS-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SD_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AHK_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHK-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations">Relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Church is a member of the <a href="/wiki/World_Association_for_Christian_Communication" title="World Association for Christian Communication">World Association for Christian Communication</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Boys%27_Brigade" title="Boys' Brigade">Boys' Brigade International Fellowship</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-globalfellowship_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalfellowship-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/World_Communion_of_Reformed_Churches" title="World Communion of Reformed Churches">World Communion of Reformed Churches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Council_for_World_Mission" title="Council for World Mission">Council for World Mission</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Conference_of_Churches" title="Pacific Conference of Churches">Pacific Conference of Churches</a>. It also has ties with the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_Fiji_and_Rotuma" title="Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma">Methodist Church in Fiji</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Church_in_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational Christian Church in Samoa">Congregational Christian Church in Samoa</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kiribati_Uniting_Church" title="Kiribati Uniting Church">Kiribati Uniting Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Uniting_Church_in_Australia" title="Uniting Church in Australia">Uniting Church in Australia</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Methodist_Church_of_New_Zealand" title="Methodist Church of New Zealand">Methodist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand">Presbyterian</a> churches in New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-oikoumene_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oikoumene-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Emigration">Emigration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Emigration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg/220px-20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg/330px-20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg/440px-20230220_190101_Tuvalu_Christian_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Tuvaluan Christian Church in Henderson, West Auckland, New Zealand</figcaption></figure> <p>During the early years of the 21st century, urbanization and environmental issues have led to many citizens leaving Tuvalu to start new lives in other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many people have taken their beliefs with them and there are now EKT churches in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, Marshall Island, and Fiji.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Tuvalu Community Church congregation of <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_New_Zealand" title="Henderson, New Zealand">Henderson</a>, Auckland, New Zealand,<sup id="cite_ref-TCC2009_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC2009-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was established in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-TCC2021_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC2021-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021 the congregation opened a new church, which was designed by South Pacific Architecture, which won a Public Architecture Award at the 2021 Auckland Architecture Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-TCC2021_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC2021-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Tuvalu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See 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