 A lay preacher in the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma, Fiji's largest Christian denomination, he brushed aside reported opposition from the church to the military takeover, saying that he was very active in the church both as a lay-preacher and as the translator of the church's constitution.He told the Fiji Live news service that he had translated the church constitution from English to Fijian all by himself, between 1987 and 1989.He was also the chief steward of the Yarawa Methodist Church, and served on the standing committee of the Methodist conference from 1989 to 2002.