Church Pastor Calls for National Help

We need help, says Reverend Simione Tugi.

The Fiji Council of Churches (FCC) general secretary revealed this after he witnessed the Australian gospel band Planetshakers crusade attracting thousands of young people in their crusade last weekend at Churchill Park in Lautoka.

The FCC is in partnership with the Planetshakers to conduct the crusade in Fiji.

Rev. Tugi said it was the first time for him to witness such a big crowd of young people at a crusade.

“Thousands of them gave their lives to the Lord. These young people were from different denominations and different ethnic groups. It really touches my heart to see their hunger for God,” Rev. Tugi said.

“Some were drawn away from nightclubs and partying during these three nights to attend this crusade. The question is ‘Why are we not making an impact to these young people?’ I believe we need help.

“The lotu which is the church, matanitu, the Government and the vanua which is the people, need help from evangelistic teams such as Planetshakers to counter the issues of drugs, HIV, sexual abuse, and suicide that are happening with our young people today,” he said.

Mereoni Tinaitukana, of Goulding Developments which is based in Nadi, was among those who attended the crusade.

“My two days experience in the crusade was overwhelming, most importantly, the word of God was so powerful,” Ms Tinaitukana said.

“Jehovah Jireh is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I feel in my heart that as a young citizen of Fiji, we need to get back on our feet and do what we use to do back then such as a festival of praise and church crusades in towns. All these will allow our younger generation to draw closer to God in order to break the chain of drug addiction.”

Their next crusade will be at Albert Park in Suva on August 25 (Sunday) starting at 3pm.

Feedback: mereleki.nai@fijisun.com.fj