Ini Kopuria
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'''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)|Mota]] language as 'Ira Reta Tasiu') to take the [[Gospel]] of [[Jesus Christ]] to the non-Christian areas of [[Melanesia]]. He is commemorated in the [[Calendar of saints|calendars of saints]] of the [[Church of the Province of Melanesia]] and of the [[Church of England]].
== References ==
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/lycett_brothers1935/ The Brothers: The Story of the Native Brotherhood of Melanesia, by Margaret Lycett] 1935 account.
==See also==
*[[Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)]]
*[[Calendar of saints (Church of England)]]
[[Category:Melanesia|Brotherhood]]
[[Category:Anglican missionaries]]
[[Category:Members of Anglican religious orders]]
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