DEMAND TO SEIZED THE RE-ALLOCATION AND FORCE RETIREMENT TO PACIFIC ISLANDERS PASTORS IN THE HAWAII DISTRICT.

1. REVEREND FAAGI TAUFATEE WAS ASKED TO RETIRE FROM HIS POSITION AT THE PACIFIC ISLANDER UMC PALOLO

2. HE IS THE FOUNDER OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDER CAUCUS IN THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII IN 1965. THIS INCLUDES THE TONGAN AND SAMOAN UMC MEMBERS OF MANY VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

3. HIS CHURCH HAS NO AGUMENT TOWARDS THE DECISION FROM THE D.S SE HEE. THIS WAS A SUDDEN DECISION THAT GOT REV. TAUFATEE AND HIS CHURCH MEMBERS BY SUPPRISED.

4. HE STATED ALSO HIS CHURCH MEMBERS STATED THAT A GROUP OF KOREAN MEMBERS CAME TO CHURCH ONE SUNDAY. THE MEMBERS ASKED IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN BE OF HELP? HOWEVER, THEIR ANSWERS WERE THAT THEY ARE HERE TO TAKE A TOUR AROUND THE CHURCH WHERE THEY WILL START THEIR NEW CONGREGATION ON JULY 1ST.

4. THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE