THE Diocese of Temotu Electoral Board of the Anglican Church of Melanesia yesterday elected the Reverend Leonard Dawea as the fifth bishop for the Diocese of Temotu. The meeting, which was preceded by a retreat, was held at Tabalia, the headquarters of the Melanesian Brotherhood, West of Honiara. Reverend Dawea, 44, succeeded the Most Reverend…
A Conflict Resolution Training funded by Australian Aid (Aus Aid) through World Vision has ended successfully last week. The training begun Tuesday and ended last Friday and was facilitated by the Sycamore Tree Prison Fellowship Solomon Islands. The intention of the training is to train trainers from various organisations to empower them on strategies how…
THE Kingdom Harvest Church at Henderson in east Honiara will host its final Zion Fest this coming Saturday. Pastor Ellison Bako told the Solomon Star yesterday saying this should be the last show preparing the winners to compete in the big singing competition in 2nd July. “Everybody is welcome to attend this singing programme on…
MORE than 1500 South Sea Evangelical church (SSEC) youths from Honiara will travel to Auki to attend the national youth convention to be hosted at Kilusakwalo, central Kwara’ae, Malaita province. National Youth Coordinator Pastor Stanley Aitorea told the Solomon Star yesterday that the number is expected to rise up in the remaining days, before the…
THE Transform Journey (TJ) Ministry band from the country will tour parts of Port Vila, Vanuatu later this year. The boys from Malaita but now living in Kobito 2 area in east Honiara are aiming at visiting Port Vila with the word of God through live band performance. A statement from the group said that…
The Solomon Islands School of Ministry of the Assembly of God Church has successfully concluded its one month training in Noro, Western Province, recently. About 40 pastors of the AOG in Honiara, Malaita, and Western provinces participated in the training from May 16 – June 10. The speakers came from Australia, namely Clyde Marback, James…
The superintended of the Assembly of God (AOG) Church in north Malaita is calling on all church members to work together to move the church forward in the coming year. Rev. Micah Fiodoa made the appeal following his re-election last week to look after the north Malaita region for another term. “I want every church…
TWO bishops from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) have received their awards of recognition by the British Empire during the Queen’s birthday on Friday. They are Bishop Nathan Tome from Guadalcanal Diocese and Retired Bishop Richard Basil Naramana from Ysabel diocese. “I was very happy to receive this award that makes my day brighter…
A lunch hour prayer time has been initiated for South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) youth members in Honiara at the SSEC central church as of Monday. The aim was to pray for the upcoming national youth convention that will be hosted at the Kilusakwalo village in central Kwara’ae, Malaita province, 25th of this month. “This…
THE Visale Catholic mother church will be celebrating its 50th silver Jubilee next month. According to Solomon Star northwest Guadalcanal stringer John Toki, the programme will start on June 3rd and finishes 5th. “Preparation for the programme is underway and hopefully things will get ready in the next few days before the event takes place,”…