Speaking at a press conference on February 19, Pastor Jan Paulsen said that the church should play a role in convincing and influencing those who are still in possession of arms and stolen properties to return them to the authorities.
Paulsen also met with the 14-member Peace Monitoring Council, representing the ethnic groups and provinces of the Solomon Islands
Meropi Gjika, who under the communist regime of Albania was forced to wait 50 years for baptism, died February 17
The gift includes funds for a substantial portion of the construction of the performing arts building
Lasting peace cannot be achieved through violence, "but by sitting down together to resolve differences."
