Ministers from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa will continue to refuse to pay taxes despite recently enacted laws compelling them to do so. The matter was not on the agenda for this year’s national conference which ended last week and the church says policy dictates that any resolution can only be revisited after three Read more
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Samoan church leaders in court on tax avoidance charges
Monday, December 10th, 2018Samoan church leaders from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa are appearing in court today to answer to tax avoidance charges. The church’s chairman, Tauti’aga Senara, and his deputy, Tunumoso Iosia, are scheduled to be the first to appear in the Samoa District Court. Over 10 ministers have been charged with tax avoidance so far Read more
Samoan Govt seizes Church ministers’ assets
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
The Samoan government has begun to seize money from the accounts of church ministers who have failed to submit a monthly tax return as required by recently enacted legislation. The Minister for Revenue, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, said his ministry estimated more than 250 ministers of the church owed $US2500 each in unpaid tax for the first Read more
Samoa Church to continue funding TV
Thursday, May 25th, 2017Radio New Zealand reports the annual conference of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa has decided to continue funding its EFKS television service. The station had incurred losses since its launch four years ago and the conference looked at a recommendation to either shut it down or lease it out. Read more and also read Read more
CCCS dedicate new Jubilee Church
Monday, May 22nd, 2017
The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) dedicated their new Jubilee church (Fale Iupeli) at the headquarters Malua last Thursday. The dedication ceremony started with various church district presenting gifts in a traditional Ta’alolo and the Mafutaga Aoao a Tina – the Church Women’s Council presented fine mats, siapo and a monetary gift of $2 million Read more
Court decision a good lesson for all church leaders
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Lawyer Leulua’ialii Olinda Woodroffe says the recent decision by Samoa’s the court of appeal would be good lesson for the all church leaders to follow. “The churches take a lot of money from the people and we need to change the attitude of ministers,” she said. “They are not God. They go to church that Read more
Claims of stigmata causing division in Samoa
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
The father of the Samoan woman who it is said received the stigmata last Easter is giving up his work of 23 years as a minister of the Congregational Christian Church. Reverend Opapo Oeti Soana’i revealed his decision on Wednesday. “I am not going to wait for my roles as a church minister to be Read more
LMS pastor wants justice: Issues chanllenge on money and lifestyle
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Rev. Elder Dr. Elia Taase has called for justice in the use of offerings by church members some of whom hardly have enough to take care of their families. He also said church elders, some with little formal education, who have passed on, understood that holistic education, is concerned with the education of the “mind, body Read more
Financial viability of church-run EFKS TV under scrutiny
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
The financial viability of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa’s (C.C.C.S.) television Network, called EFKS TV, was brought under the microscope last week at the Church’s annual conference. EFKS TV was launched in May 2013 at a cost, which has been variously reported, to be between half a million and 1.1 tala. The money was Read more