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Last month  The Fiji Council of Churches held its annual general meeting.  It was six years in the making and the participants see it as a sign of the desire by many of the churches in Fiji to put aside the issues that had caused division in the past and start afresh.

Members of the council include the Anglican Diocese of Polynesia, Fiji Baptist Convention, Congregational Christian Church, Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, the Salvation Army, St Andrews Presbyterian Church, St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church and Fiji Community Churches of Christ.

The significant and challenging task of the churches’ service in “different sections” of God’s “one and same vineyard and collectively,” was highlighted by the council’s interim president, Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu. Speaking to church leaders and representatives, Mr Waqairatu said “it was not easy to sail our ecumenical boat, during the past years”.

Reflecting on how the churches handled this ecumenical journey from a denominational perspective over the last six years, he said: “I believe that we had a lot to share,” both individually and collectively, especially, our deep theological insights and interpretation” of events since 2006.

Source

• Padre James Bhagwan: The Fiji Times
• Image: Croz Walsh Blog

 

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