Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 17, Number 4, 1 April 2000 — Kawaiahaʻo kahu [ARTICLE]

Kawaiahaʻo kahu

Kawaiaha'o Church has selected Rev. James A. Fung as its new pastor from a field of 35 candidates. Fung will assume the position in June. He succeeds Rev. William Hi'iakaikapoliopele Kaina who retired in November 1997 but has continued to lead the parish as pastor emeritus. As an infant, Fung was baptized in Kawaiaha'o Church where his mother is still a member. Since his graduation from Kamehameha Schools in 1965, he has lived on the mainland where he was ordained in 1974 after obtaining a B.A. from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa; an M.A. from Drew Theological See NEWSBRIEFS on page 5

School in Madison, New Jersey; and a doctorate in ministry from Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. Fung is currently senior pastor of the Portage United Church of Christ in Portage, Mieh. Before that, he was associate pastor of the First Church of Christ in Wethersfield, Conn. Editor's note: This brief eontains information reported by Brandon Masuoka in the Feb. 29 Honolulu Advertiser.

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