
Mokuʻaikaua Church
church · Kailua-KonaMokuʻaikaua Church on Aliʻi Drive, opposite Huliheʻe Palace, belongs to the oldest Christian congregation in Hawaiʻi, founded in 1820 by the first American missionaries, who landed at Kailua. The present church was completed in 1837 of lava stone bound with coral mortar, with an interior of ʻōhiʻa and koa wood; its steeple rises over Kailua's waterfront.