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Rev. Tuikilakila Waqairatu, president of the Methodist Church in Fiji, who passed away on 11 February, was remembered by the World Council of Churches (WCC) with a moment of “prayerful silence” at its WCC Executive Committee meeting currently underway in Switzerland.
Waqairatu, who died at age 66 in Suva, was remembered for his contributions to the cause of gender justice, reconciliation, dialogue and spiritual renewal of the churches.
Waqairatu “will be remembered as the leader at the forefront of reform, reconciliation and change in the history of the Fijian church and its people,” wrote the WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and the WCC Central Committee moderator Dr Agnes Abuom in a condolence message.
“We acknowledge his ecumenical journey which began very early in his ministry during his studies at the Pacific Theological College and continued over a span of thirty-five years to include ecumenical cooperation locally, regionally and on a global level,” they added.
