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The Methodist church, which is the largest Christian denomination in Fiji, is concerned about Church membership declining.
Last week the annual Methodist Church conference, was told that the membership this year was 4658 less than the previous year.
According conference media officer, Reverend Abel Nand, the executive is trying to find out why the decline is occurring.
He said since the rift between the church and the government in 2009, some members had opted for other denominations for their own safety.
In an interview with The Fiji Times, church general secretary Reverend Tevita Nawadra said a possible reason for the decline was that some circuits were not listing their older members to lower costs.
“The difficulty of having a levy system is that the more numbers you have, the more money you will demand from a circuit or a church,” Nawadra said.
“So some people have been saying that maybe some of our circuits do not list the older generations who have no sources of income. That has to be proven but this has come out as one of the reasons,” he said.
“So the inability for this group to pay has led to them being left off the roll of certain churches or circuits,” he added.
Other reason suggested by Mr Nawadra were the appearance of other churches and migration
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