Anglican Communion News Service

The Anglican Church of Melanesia has a new Archbishop. He is the Rt Rev David Vunagi who is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu in Solomon Islands. Bishop Vunagi was elected  by the Provincial electoral board on the afternoon of March 4th at Tetete Ni Kolivuti; headquarters of the Sisters of the Church east of Honiara.

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From April 28 to May 1, 2008, some 90 members of the Church of Melanesia met for a four-day provincial consultation in Honiara, Solomon Islands on "Healing Past Hurts: A way forward for the Church of Melanesia in the ministry of Reconciliation and Peace-building".

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The Revd Jonnie Kuper was consecrated and installed as the second Bishop of Hanuato'o Diocese at Kira Kira, Makira on Sunday April 10th

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The Most Revd Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has concluded his tour of the Church of the Province of Melanesia. The eight-day visit to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu covered six of the eight Anglican dioceses in the archipelago. The Archbishop also spent time with the Melanesian Brotherhood and paid his respects at the graves of the seven members of the brotherhood who were martyred last year in inter-communal violence

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The Most Revd Rowan Williams has been sworn in as a Companion of the Melanesian Brotherhood and has also urged the islanders to become a model for reconciliation. The Archbishop was speaking to more than 6,000 people at an ecumenical service that was also broadcast live to the rest of the islands.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, who is on an eight-day visit to the Church of the Province of Melanesia, has told a gathering of more than a thousand young people that the Anglican Church has to do more to relate to them and their concerns.

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The Most Revd Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is currently visiting the Church of the Province of Melanesia. He arrived on July 19 and was met by the Archbishop of Melanesia the Most Revd Sir Ellison Pogo. This photography page will be updated as more photographs are received.

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 The Investigators from the combined Australian led intervention force (RAMSI), at present working to restore peace and justice in the Solomon Islands, managed - in September - to locate the graves of the seven Melanesian Brothers.

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The Melanesian Brothers who were allegedly killed by followers of the militant leader, Harold Keke, will receive a final burial on Friday 24 October.

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I wanted to write to you to thank you all for the literally hundreds of messages of condolence, support, encouragement and prayer we have received from around the world since the news that our brothers had been killed.

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I am writing to let you know that yesterday it was confirmed by the Australian intervention force in Solomon Islands that the six brothers who were taken hostage in April of this year by the militant leader Harold Keke have been killed.

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Solomon Islands rebel leader, Harold Keke, has told an Australian-led intervention force that six missionary hostages from the Anglican Melanesian brothers are dead.

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Focus is on numbers of troops and police, strategies and possible dangers. Friends overseas tell me that the Solomons have been portrayed with great bleakness, full of violence, hostage-taking, anarchy and chaos.

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Four Anglicans have been released by Solomon Island's rebel leader, Harold Keke.

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The Most Revd Ellison Pogo, Archbishop of the Church of Melanesia, confirmed this morning that six Brothers from the Melanesian Brotherhood are still being held hostage.

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The 10th General Synod of the Church of Melanesia, which met 20-31 October 2002, has agreed to the amendment of the Church's Constitution in order to allow women to enter into any of the ordained ministry of the Church, be it as deacons, priests or bishops.

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Episcopal Relief and Development is assisting victims in the Diocese of Temotu after Cyclone Zoe hit the Solomon Islands. The Category 5 cyclone struck the South Pacific islands hitting Tikopia and Anuta the hardest with winds of 200 mph on December 28 and 29, 2002

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The 10th General Synod of the Church of Melanesia was held in Honiara. The meeting of the governing body of the Church of Melanesia was held from 20 October - 31 October 2002.

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Solomon Islands is not the place it used to be before the ethnic tension in 1997, especially on Malaita and Guadalcanal where much of the fighting and criminal activity has taken place. At the end of May this year, when the government amnesty for those in possession of firearms and stolen property such as motor vehicles, expired, life has been slowly returning to normal. No more gunshots are heard; theft, drunkenness and the demanding of compensation have all reduced dramatically.

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Three members of the Canadian Sisters of the Church will travel halfway across the world in September to help their fellow sisters celebrate the inauguration of a new province in the religious order.

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The Prime minister of the Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare has awarded the Solomon Islands Medal (SIM) to 22 members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Society of St Francis and their chaplain.

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This is just a note to go with the statement of the Church of Melanesia Council of Bishops on the current Solomon Islands political and economic crisis.

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The attacks on the Solomon Islands Christian Association (SICA) by the Prime Minister and other members of the government are entirely uncalled for.

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The Archbishop of Melanesia, the Most Reverend Sir Ellison Pogo, has today announced the name of the person who will become the third Bishop of Temotu. Following a meeting of the Diocesan Electoral Board and confirmation by the Council of Bishops of the name put forward, the new Bishop will be the Reverend Canon David Vunagi, who is presently the Church's Mission Secretary.

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On Sunday, 15 October, in Townsville, Australia, a Peace Agreement was signed by all parties to the conflict which has plagued Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands for almost two years. A month earlier, a Cease-fire Agreement had been signed and although there were several notable breaches of that agreement, it was followed by a concerted effort for a comprehensive peace treaty

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We were heading east out of Honiara, the capital of Solomon Islands, in a small truck, driven by Sr. Catherine CSC. Although I knew what to expect, the reality still came as a shock. As we picked our way through the pot holes, we could see ahead a line of oil drums and a heavily fortified bunker belonging to the Malaita Eagle Force.

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I am writing from Brisbane, Australia, where my return home from the International Anglican Liturgical Commission meeting in Toronto, Canada, was prevented by the recent events in Solomon Islands causing a cessation of flights into Honiara. Nevertheless, I have been able to monitor the situation closely.

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