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Jump to full article: Pacific Magazine, 2008-08-25
Intro: Pastors in Fiji's largest and most influential Christian church have been ordered to stop smoking and cannot drink yaqona, Fiji's kava, the Fiji Times reports.
The Methodist Church's 500 pastors and thousands of lay ministers were told to give up the vices for the betterment of their congregations.
The Fiji Methodist Church's vice president, the Rev. Tuikilakila Waqairatu, said Christians who have given their lives to God are living witnesses of the body of Christ.
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