became a "political party" long ago. Now they are about to reap what they have sown. They have long ago changed from planting the seeds of Jesus and the teachings of the Bible to planting the seeds of politics, power, and money grabbing. All pathetic earthly endeavors. The Methodist hierarchy depends on the HUGE amounts of money they raise from the annual conference to line their pockets (it sure hasn't gone to their hospital, they depend on the govt. for that money). Ask some of the former church pastors and elders who were railroaded out for only wanting to teach the bible instead of teaching and influencing the Methodist Church to become a political party and push for Fiji to be named a "Christian State" so the methodist preachers can become more and more powerful like the ruling clerics of Iran. Jesus was not interested in politics and made a point of not being involved in it even though he was very influential. It is a shame what the Methodist Church of Fiji has become, far removed from what it was set out to be.