Ini Kopuria (died June 1945) was a Solomon Islands police officer who founded the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, John Manwaring Steward, formed a band of brothers (known in the Mota language as Ira Reta Tasiu) to take the gospel of Jesus to non-Christian areas of Melanesia.

From 1925 when the Brotherhood began Ini ruled it for 15 years, and no Brother ever questioned his absolute authority, not because he was the Founder, but because of the force of his personality. What things stood out in his character?

Biographical entry: Kopuria, Ini ( - 1945) Died 1945 Details. In 1924-1925, Ini Kopuria developed what became the Ira Retasasiu (meaning 'company of brothers'), commonly called the Melanesian Brotherhood (q.v.) or Tasiu.

Ini Kopuria, the first Elder Brother of the Melanesian Brotherhood, was born soon after the start of the twentieth century on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Ini attended St. Barnabas School on Norfolk Island, an institution started by Bishop J. C. Patterson with the purpose of training young men to teach their own people.

Ini Kopuria Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood 6 June As a native policeman, Ini Kopuria’s job took him all over Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, but a vision of Jesus, calling him to do different work for his people, led him to a life of evangelism in which he aimed to take gospel in the remotest villages and islands in Melanesia.

Ini Kopuria (died June 1945) was a police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands who founded the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, the Right Reverend John Manwaring Steward, realised Ini’s dream by forming a band of brothers (known in the Mota language as ‘Ira Reta Tasiu’) to take the Gospel of ...

2019年4月6日 · Ini Kopuria (died 1945), a police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands formed the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, the Right Reverend John Manwaring Steward, realised Ini's dream by forming a band of brothers (known in the Mota language as 'Ira Reta Tasiu') to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the ...

2024年6月8日 · Ini Kopuria was a police officer in Solomon Islands who had a vision to establish a religious order to take the Gospel of Jesus to the non-Christian areas of Melanesia in 1925. Today the Melanesian Brotherhood is the largest religious order in the Anglican Communion, with households in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and ...

Loving God, we bless your Name for the witness of Ini Kopuria, police officer and founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, whose members saved many American pilots in a time of war, and who continue to minister courageously to the islanders of Melanesia.

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