Established in 1900, The Lihu‘e Hongwanji Mission was incorporated on August 20, 1958. As a non-profit (eleemonsynary) corporation. Lihu‘e Hongwanji’s functions are to establish, conduct, and maintain a church, to provide facilities for public worship and religious training, to preach and disseminate the doctrines, principles, discipline and religious teachings of the Jodo Shin (Honpa) sect of Buddhism, to maintain an affiliation with Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai‘i, and to carry out our educational, charitable, and other works which are necessary in promoting the happiness and general welfare of the community.
Our minister is Rev. Shawn K. Yagi
