A church home for Marshallese families in Kona

Yokwe, and welcome. We are a Pentecostal church on the Big Island. Our services run in Marshallese and English together, so a grandmother and her grandchildren can follow the same sermon. If you are looking for somewhere to worship, there is room for you on Sunday.

Plan your visit About our church

Sunday service: 5:00 PM
Bible study: Wed 4:30 PM
Where: 74-5583 Luhia St Ste b3
Kailua-Kona, HI

Women of the church laughing as they dance during a fellowship night, wearing flower crowns and gold and red island dress.

Service times

What a service is like

Sunday
- 4:30 PM
  Leadership worship
- 5:00 PM
  Church service
Wednesday
- 4:30 PM
  Bible study
Thursday
- 4:30 PM
  Women's prayer
Friday
- 4:45 PM
  Youth group & prayer practice

The congregation seated for a Sunday service, filling rows of chairs in the church hall.

About our church

Pastor Nickson Alee and a small group of Marshallese families founded this church in Kailua-Kona around one conviction: their community needed a church home where worship happened in their own language, the Bible was taught plainly, and the next generation had somewhere to belong.

That is still what happens here every Sunday evening. From Kona the church has grown, and there are now MNPCI congregations in Seattle and Spokane, with a fourth being planted in Arkansas.

Read our full story

The whole congregation dancing together in matching red and gold island dress at a church celebration.

Our mission

“We are here to worship in the spirit of aloha, share God’s word, and serve our local community through outreach, fellowship, and prayer.”

Marshallese New Pentecostal Church Inc

Pastor Nickson Alee and his wife on the shoreline in Kailua-Kona, dressed for a Sunday service.

Meet Pastor Nickson

Pastor Nickson founded this church out of a heart for the Marshallese families who have made West Hawaii their home. Many of them live a long way from the islands they grew up on, work long hours, and are looking for somewhere that feels like family.

He leads with compassion, prayer and purpose, and his aim is simple: help people grow in faith and build a church that holds families together, grounded in the teaching of Jesus Christ.

Rev. Nickson Alee

Founder & Senior Pastor

Reach out to Pastor Nickson

Our ministries

Whether you are exploring faith for the first time or have walked with Christ for years, there is a place for you in one of these.

All ministries

Young people from the church dancing together in green island dress during a fellowship night.

Youth Hope & Recovery

Kona has young people fighting addiction, depression and hopelessness, and many of them are fighting without anybody in their corner. This ministry exists to be that corner.

Today that means faith-based mentorship, prayer, Bible counseling, and a community that does not give up on someone. We are working to grow it into a fuller program, with direct connections to professional rehab resources.

About this ministry Ask for help

Need to talk to someone today? Call (808) ···-····.

Community outreach

We are an official distribution partner of The Food Basket, Hawaii Island’s food bank, under account #638. Produce, protein, dairy and pantry staples are taken directly to families across West Hawaii.

Regular food distributions to families in need
Free clothing drives run by the women's ministry
Prayer visits to hospitals and homes
Free cooking, sewing and hospitality classes open to the community

Support this work

Volunteers unloading bagged food from a pickup truck at a community food distribution in Kona.

A cooler filled with fresh-caught red fish being shared out among church families.

Families eating together at a table outdoors under the trees after a church gathering.

MNPCI congregations

What started with a handful of Marshallese families in Kona is now a network of congregations on the mainland. Each one was planted to give Marshallese families a church home in their own language.

Mother church
Kailua-Kona
Hawaii
Where MNPCI began, and where the whole church family still gathers every Sunday at 5:00 PM.
Congregation
Seattle
Washington
Established to serve Marshallese families across the Seattle area.
Congregation
Spokane
Washington
Established to serve Marshallese families across the Spokane area.
Opening soon
Arkansas
Plans are underway to establish an MNPCI congregation in Arkansas.

Video from our church

The church films services, singing and special programs on a phone and posts them to YouTube. This list updates itself whenever something new goes up.