Senior members of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) in Sandringham, Auckland, listen to speeches farewelling their pastor in 2008. Power in churches with a parent church in the Pacific Islands – like the CCCS – is held by men. These churches tend to have more conservative values than the New Zealand-based churches. Their aim is to maintain the religious and cultural traditions of island life rather than adapt them to the New Zealand context.
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Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa Ranui
Photograph by Iatua Mulu
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