Free will offering to Replace Annual Church Levy
“We are trying to exercise the free will offering and not the conference levy, which is $15 per person,” he said.
Tuesday 29 August 2023 | 12:38
Ministers at the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma annual conference at Furnival Park, in Toorak, Suva, on August 29, 2023. Photo: Leon Lord
Free will offering from members is likely to replace the annual church levy collection as Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma ministers discuss its slow phase out of this age-old tradition within the church.
The newl-elected church president, Reverend Dr Semisi Turagavou, said this would be on top of discussions during this year’s annual conference at Furnival Park, Toorak, Suva.
“The phasing out of the church levy is in the pipeline,” Reverend Turagavou, who was elected as new president yesterday, said.
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“We are trying to exercise the free will offering and not the conference levy, which is $15 per person,” he said.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said during the Ba Provincial Council meeting in Yasawa that the Methodist Church levy, normally collected from its members, would be ceased.
Church president Reverend Ili Vunisuwai, who ended his term yesterday, then said the church was in its initial stage of slowly phasing out the annual levy, but would not be instant.
Reverend Turagavou said they would discuss the matter and come up with solutions of a way forward.
Story by: inoke.rabonu@fijisun.com.fj
