(RNS/ENI) Fiji’s military government has banned a massive annual hymn-singing contest and church conference out of fears that the crowd of some 10,000 singing Methodists could destabilize the ...

Banned Methodist hymn sing indicates Fiji church-state conflict is worsening. Fiji remained silent on a day that should have been filled with songs of praise. The government canceled an annual ...

SUVA, FijiSUVA, Fiji — Fiji’s military-led government arrested eight Methodist leaders of the nation’s biggest church group, accusing them of pushing a political agenda, a spokesman said Wednesday, in ...

Church leaders say government officials fear singing would lead to political instability. Fiji’s military government has banned a massive annual hymn-singing contest and church conference out of fears ...