Tonga’s First YSA Ward Is Organized

Tongan young adults walking to church to attend the new Liahona YSA Ward in Tonga in December 2021. © 2021 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

This story appears here courtesy of TheChurchNews.com. It is not for use by other media.

By Megan McKellar, Church News

Tonga’s first-ever ward for young single adults met as a congregation for the first time on Sunday, December 5.

Henry Liutai, who has been called to serve as bishop of the Liahona YSA Ward, Nuku’alofa Tonga Liahona Stake, said in a release on the Church’s Pacific Newsroom that the new ward “will be a wonderful blessing for the young adults in our area.” Young single adult wards are for those 18 to 29 years of age.

According to Bishop Liutai, the ward will focus on missionary work as ward members help to spread the restored gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the island. He also hopes to help those in the ward come closer to Jesus Christ.

“It is such a beautiful and historic thing to be part of and I can’t wait to enjoy this ward together with my fellow YSAs,” member Eric Tautua’a said.