Makiki Christian Church celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1979 with a commemorative booklet in Japanese and English.
Makiki Christian Church 75th Anniversary 1904-1979
“SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, on April 8, 1904, Makiki Christian Church was organized by the Rev. Takie Okumura, Assistant Pastor Kametaro Maeda and 24 earnest believers. The Rev. Okumura had arrived in Hawaii ten years earlier in July 1894, when he was 29 years old. He had a three-year contract to work for the Hawaiian Board among early Japanese immigrants to the Hawaiian kingdom …”
To read more, download the booklet below in English and Japanese.