Name: Rev. Carrington Aiolupotea

Status: Ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Samoa since 2013.

Lecturer in Piula since 2016 until present.

Current positions:
Lecturer in Church History and Hebrew

Academic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts (NUS, Samoa 1996)
• Certificate of Commerce (NUS, Samoa 1997)
• Diploma in Accounting (NUS, Samoa 1999)
• Bachelor of Commerce (NUS, Samoa 1999)
• Certified Public Accountant (Samoa Institute of Accounting, Samoa, 2001)
• Diploma in Theology (Piula Theological College, Samoa 2008)
• Bachelor of Divinity (Piula Theological College, Samoa 2010),
• Masters of Theology (Pacific Theological College, Suva 2012).

Courses/Lectures in:

* Modern Church History

* Biblical Hermeneutics in Oceania.

* Faavae & Tulafono in the Methodist Church in Samoa

Publications

Articles

• “E le iloa le alu e laki” in Le Faasoa: Vol.III, Pacific Church History, Ministry, Theology and Biblical Hermeneutics, M. Mailo (Eds.) Piula Theological College, 2017.

Research interests:

• Pacific History
• Contextual Theology
• Christian Ethics.