First time that I went to church services and I join with all of my friends and I enjoy come to…read morethis church because I love meeting new friends and everyone that attend this church services and I enjoy it!!!

New hope is a seeker friendly church that has good music and sound teaching. Although the teaching…read moreis not expository, I often come away having heard that I need to deepen my reliance upon the only true God.

Engage Church is a vibrant community of families and young adults seeking to love God and serve the…read morecommunity. The earlier service at 4:30pm draws many young families, and the 6:30pm service has mostly college students and young adults. Located in a strip mall at the corner of Lanikaula and Laukapu, Engage really does seek to engage people with the love of Jesus. Services have energetic worship with contemporary Christian music in English, and sermons feel very relevant. They are directed mostly toward the millennial generation, but people of all ages can benefit and relate. When I visited recently, Pastor John was going through a series from Francis Chan on his book "Forgotten God." The message felt clear and challenging, and the pastor really encouraged the congregation to consider how to put scripture into action in our lives rather than just hear what's being said. We had an opportunity to write down our thoughts on a response card. Engage Church feels very welcoming to newcomers! They take a break after the first worship set, and people can grab snacks, which included chili nachos and watermelon when I visited. Surprisingly, the church encourages people to use their phones during service, whether to look up scripture or even post their thoughts to social media using a church hashtag. I work with college students, and this is a church in encourage my students to attend.

If you are looking for a place to be inspired in your Christian walk and get top-notch teaching,…read moreHMC is the place. Senior Pastor Daniel Kikawa has a great heart for other nations and Associate Pastor Creed Lundsford's passion is for the lost in our community. To learn more about the Bible, come to hear and learn from Master Teachers in their "Through the Bible" class.

I went about 4 1/2 years ago and it was a really good church. Preaching the word of God…read moreappropriately. The people were very warm and wonderful. Sorry that this location is now closed down.

This is where the unadulterated WORD of GOD is preached. The people there are super friendly.read more

Whether you are visiting Hilo or you live here, this church is recommended to you as a place to…read moreexperience healing and grace. Mahalo to pastors Kevin and Kimi Hall who have inspired many in their community because of their willingness to serve. Central Christian Church has recently adopted the name 'House of Glory.' May we all know the many blessings that are our true destiny.

Yes! Pastor Kevin and his Wife Kimberly Hill have an excellent ministry. I attend this church for…read moreyears and both have great messages to help you study the Holy Bible and up lift your spirits. Pastor Kevin Hill is an excellent teacher of the Holy Bible and his Wife can really open your eyes to give your mind heart and soul to Jesus. for their is No other way. One of the messages i remember about Pastor Kevin is he read to us Psalm 91, and how we must prepare ourselves to go into battle against the enemy satan and all his evil workers. Thank you Pastor Kevin and Kimberly Hill. God Bless you and your Family, brother's and sister's. And WE ALL SAY Amen to God and Jesus our highest and Savior of ALL

Welcoming, warm congregation and sermons are in a quaint historic building. Everyone there has the…read morealoha spirit!

A real gem, and for some reason not what I expected, from driving by…read more This church seems to be known in the community as "the Chinese church" but in fact, in 1956, they changed their name from the "Hilo Chinese Christian Church" to "The United Community Church" in order to express their openness to persons other than Chinese. The building is an older local plantation style structure with a red chinese-type roof with the curved-up temple corners; inside, it's warm and honest Chinese-flavored early century Christian decor, somewhat worn by many decades of service, but clean and modest and very comfortable. On my visit, the small congregation was a very diverse mix of asian, caucasian, and polynesian. I got an AMAZING welcome, where I was warmly led around and introduced to each member of the church in turn. This did not bother me, although I'm somewhat shy, because you could tell how really sincere and warm they were. I loved this church! I like a church with a sense of humor, and at the service I attended, they laughed a LOT... and cried at tender moments... they showed a very sincere love for their fellow church members and leadership. It was very touching and engaging. The main pastor is a really dynamic asian woman, who was both really funny, and very energetic in her prayer style... the type of pastor who does not seem to be reciting things by rote, but really speaking from the heart to Jesus. Another much older male minister delivered the sermon the day I was there... I was a bit skeptical at first because at first he seemed like he was maybe nodding off and pretty deaf, one eye was looking off in another direction, but when he got up to speak he delivered a really terrific, interesting message! One story he included in his sermon was about his time on Guam in WW2 when Guam was captured by the Japanese and they banned all Christian churches! He was great. He said "Christianity is not for cowards!" I liked that they started their service with prayer, instead of announcements. I liked that they did not waste time during the service with walking around and hugging everyone and chit-chatting, they did that before or after the service. They have a pianist who accompanied their traditional hymns... but I didn't see any type of choir. The only thing I didn't like, was that at the end, as soon as she began her postlude, instead of sitting and listening, everyone just jumped up and announced "service is over" and started going off for refreshments. I find that somewhat disrespectful to the musician... I prefer to sit in silence during the postlude, for a last moment of reflection. They're United Church of Christ, which is the coolest contemporary Christian denomination...a much smarter denomination than the "Christians" you usually hear spewing hate on the evening news. On the national level, UCC was the first Protestant denomination to ordain an African-American pastor in 1785, the first woman pastor in 1853, and the first openly gay minister in 1972. This is the first church I've been to on the big island that made me really excited to go back.

Great little Lutheran church. Everyone is super friendly. We came from a huge church on the…read moremainland so it was nice to have such a small congregation. Pastor Mark is awesome, he keeps it interesting and has a sense of humor on top.... Only been going a few months but we are treated like long time members. Would definitely recommend Christ Lutheran to anyone looking for a place to worship!

Visited in November of 2019 and found this church to be friendly, warm and welcoming. I told my…read morehusband that this would be our church home at some point, I felt it in my spirit. We lived in California! The Lord lead us to move to the Big Island and we are now members of Christ Lutheran Church. The Spirit is active and moving here! The Lord is at work in this place through these people! I'm so happy to be a part of Christ Lutheran Church and the ministry here!

This is a true family of God - I wish we could come here more often. Since I was here last time,…read morethe congregation has been busy maintaining and upgrading their facility so now it is beautiful and welcoming.

I visited this church a few years ago when I was working an undercover assignment on the Islands…read more The family of God here are just that, they treat you like a family. I only wished that I had had more time to get to know the pastor and congregation. If your in Hilo on Sunday, go there and join them for the service.

Hilo Roma Catholic Church. We go to church here when staying in Hilo, Hawaii. The patrons and…read morepriest are so very friendly. Older church but with very close parish patrons.

I attended St. Joseph for Sunday Mass for about three months for a vacation in Hawaii from Arizona…read more From my experience, I think Fr. Poli is an excellent priest. He was always available for confession and warmly greeted everyone with a smile before each Mass. St. Joseph did a good job at greeting guests visiting Hawaii before mass. However, as a young adult, I struggled with loneliness and finding a sense of community here--especially because there was only another person who was around my age, and he only attended my mass twice. St. Joseph has done some work to host "Epic Nights" to attract a community of young adults, and I commend the counselors who run it weekly. I didn't know St. Joseph had this until a few weeks before I left, so I wish I could've attended again.

Thank you lord for the carmichael family God knows there was many times in my life they where such…read morea blessing to me and my children, i see how they are building a huge new building, wow! How exciting, keep on doing Gods work! Awesome job.