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The New Zealand Samoan Assemblies of God (SA/G) or (SAOG), officially The General Council of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Inc. are a group of Pentecostal congregations predominantly made up of Samoan people (the Tokelauan Assemblies of God also come under the Samoan jurisdiction). It was established in New Zealand in the early 1960s by a group of Holiness/Pentecostals from Samoa bringing the message of Pentecostalism to their Samoan people living in New Zealand. Certain pioneers such as the late Reverend Makisua Fatialofa with his wife Evangelist Mauosamoa, the late Reverend Dr. Samani Pulepule with the late First Lady Sapapalii, along with the late Reverend Fereti Ama with his wife Lady Leausuone, were the foundation members of the first ethnically fellowship to align itself with the Assemblies of God in New Zealand (A/GNZ). It was this Samoan fellowship that contributed to the growth of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand making it the Nations fastest growing church. By 2005 there were 89 SA/G congregations throughout New Zealand and in that same year some members in the Samoan fellowship felt the need to be a self-governing body and formed its own constitution which split the SA/GNZ national body in two. In late November 2005, 45 churches left the A/GNZ umbrella and formed a break-away group (which now has over 80 churches in New Zealand), while 40 churches remained under the A/GNZ movement (and presently has over 70 churches), although this was the end result both Samoan fellowships still work alongside one another. The newly established movement remained under the leadership of the Most Reverend and Chief Apostle, the Late Dr. Samani Pulepule who served as the General Superintendent of the General Council since the 1960s. His position extended internationally and was also the Worldwide Chairman of the Samoan Assemblies of God International Fellowship. Dr. Pulepule was a member of the Executive Council in the A/GNZ (according to the constitution there is a seat in the Executive Council reserved for a Samoan representative which Dr. Pulepule held from 1967-2011). Dr. Pulepule also was the founder and senior pastor of the Samoan A/G in Grey Lynn who officially changed their name to Auckland Samoan A/G in 1998, this church had weekly attendance of over 800 people. On Sunday 29 September 2011, Dr. Pulepule formally retired from his posts in the Assemblies of God movement and was commended for the service of over 40 years in the movement. In early winter of 2013, the Chief Apostle and the First Lady died within a week. It is now under the direction of the new general superintendent, The Right Reverend, Motu Mati'a who now leads the General Council of New Zealand. The Samoan congregations who remained under the A/GNZ umbrella, elected Reverend Aila'ula'u Faletutulu as the new Samoan representative in the Executive Council. This group of churches are known as the Assemblies of God in New Zealand (Samoan Churches). Reverend Faletutulu and Lady Nancy, along with Evangelist Mauosamoa Fatialofa are the senior pastors of the Napier Samoan A/G. Reverend Faletutulu served as the National President of the Youth Department for a number of years until in late 2005 he was elected as the new Samoan Overseer. The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand are divided into 6 Regional Councils, and operate under a mother-church of that district. These Regional Councils gather together as the General Council of Churches at the movements national convention annually, but gather regionally every 3 months. The Districts are as follows: North Auckland Conference, South Auckland Conference, North Central Conference (Waikato/Bay of Plenty), South Central Conference (Manawatu/Hawkes Bay), Wellington Conference and the South Island Conference (Nelson, Canterbury, Otago and Southland) The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand should not be confused with the Assembly of God Church of Samoa in New Zealand who are group of 27 churches that had left the Samoan Assemblies of God in 1974 due to the dissatisfaction of one local minister of having the Samoan churches align with the Assemblies of God movement, wanting the Samoan churches to be run by the Samoan people. He formed an independent group of churches formally known as the Assembly of God Church of Samoa in New Zealand. This group of churches served under the leadership of the late Pastor Mesako Sanerivi who formed and encouraged this break away group. They have 22 churches in Australia, and only one in Samoa. == Introduction == The Samoan Assemblies of God movement in New Zealand is made up of a grouping of local churches the members of which who are predominantly migrants from Samoa and their New Zealand born families, who share the religious beliefs of the Assemblies of God movement worldwide. The Samoan Assemblies of God is an affiliated part of the Samoan Assemblies of God worldwide. They work co-operatively with the Samoan Assemblies of God churches of Samoa, American Samoa, Australia, Alaska, Hawaii and of Mainland USA, and with any other religious organisation in New Zealand that shares the same Christian beliefs as the Assemblies of God movement worldwide. The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand believe in the power and person of the Holy Spirit, a belief that reaches back over two thousand years of Church history to the day of Pentecost when the Christian Church was born. The 20th century Pentecostals movement was born when students at a Bible School in Topeka, Kansas, came into the conclusion that the Biblical evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit was speaking in other tongues. From that time, there have been spiritual revivals accompanied by Pentecostal phenomena, as in the Welsh Revival of 1904 and at Azusa St, Los Angeles in 1906. Pentecostals found it necessary to set up their own Church structures, one of which, is the Assemblies of God, now found in most countries throughout the world. Whilst the religious belief is the foundation cornerstone of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand, the members and local churches forming the Samoan Assemblies of God acknowledge that daily administration of local churches requires the observance of legal, ethical, social, and cultural values of the societies in which the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand operates. The Samoan Assemblies of God movement in New Zealand started at Vivian St, Wellington in 1962 as a Pentecostal movement. The movement commenced in Auckland in 1964 by foundation members who were members of the Pentecostal movement from Samoa. In 1964 the foundation Congregations in Wellington and Auckland adopted the name Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand and worked closely together. In 1967, Dr. Samani Pulepule the former Chief Apostle, migrated permanently to New Zealand and he was the first Pastor officially called by founding members to lead the Samoan Assemblies of God churches in New Zealand. The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand and the Assemblies of God in New Zealand share the same faith and worked cooperatively since 1967. With the consent and assistance of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand, the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand used some of the structures of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand, such as provision of pastors' credentials. Some of the local churches of the Samoan Assemblies of God paid tithes and made financial contributions to the Assemblies of God in New Zealand to assist with administration costs. The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand worked independently of, but cooperatively, with the Assemblies of God in New Zealand. The cooperative relationship of the two parallel fellowships led to a mistaken belief that the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand were governed by the Constitution of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand. The Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand are a group of individuals who are predominantly Samoans by birth or descent, in presently unincorporated local Churches, who share a common interest in Pentecostal Christianity and the fundamental philosophy of Assemblies of God movements worldwide as one of cooperative fellowship between local Churches. By voluntary agreement, local churches of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand have collectively formed an umbrella national body known as the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Incorporated, for the benefit of all local churches. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Incorporated」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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