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When did Methodist missionaries successfully establish Christianity in Tonga?

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Methodist missionaries successfully established Christianity in Tonga in 1826, following an earlier unsuccessful attempt in 1822. This renewed effort proved effective, and the religion spread rapidly after the influential leader Taufaʻahau was converted by the missionaries in 1831.1