On 13 November 2025, the South Pacific Field is honored to announce the newly elected District Superintendent for the Samoa District: Rev. Talioe Meke, representing Neiafu, Savaii, and Manono in the beautiful island nation of Samoa.
Rev. Meke attended Samoa Nazarene Theological College from 1992 to 1994, during Principal James Johnston’s tenure. He sensed God’s call to pursue theological studies at age 19, and for more than three decades, he has remained faithful in ministry. His journey reflects a divine calling marked by perseverance, dedication, and humble beginnings. After graduating, he spent three years assisting elders in a Samoan-speaking Nazarene church in New Zealand from 1995 to 1998.
He is married to Fotuosamoa, and they are blessed with three children and one grandchild.
Holding a district license, DS Meke has served as pastor of the Falelima Nazarene Church for seven years before being ordained as an elder in 2014. He later spent five years pastoring a local church in Savaii after planting the Satufia Church.
DS Meke is a long-standing member of the District Advisory Board, having served as district secretary from 2017 until he was elected District Superintendent. During this period, he also served on the Local Board of Trustees for South Pacific Nazarene Theological College (SPNTC).
One of his key strengths as a servant of God is urban evangelism, demonstrated through weekly open-air services held every Sunday evening at the Apia marketplace. There, he has partnered with fellow elders since 2008 in soul-winning efforts through one-on-one and group outreach. DS Meke has also played a vital role in the Jesus Film Ministry, delivering the Gospel in the Samoan vernacular throughout local churches.
While he is optimistic about digital evangelism, he remains deeply committed to oral evangelism and orality as powerful tools for discipleship and outreach. With prayer and grace, he envisions orality being used to teach membership classes on the 16 Articles of Faith, Nazarene identity, church administration, and, eventually, the 24 Course of Study modules.
Reflecting on his calling, he shared:
“I wanted to enter Bible College back in the early 1990s. I was turned down due to my young age, yet God looked at my obedient heart. From humble beginnings in the rural villages, knowing what it was like to have nothing, yet God has been faithful. From that day on, I counted discipleship as my business—and so should every Christian in the church.”
— DS Rev. Talioe Meke
The Ululoloa Church of the Nazarene, Apia congregation, witnessed his ordination, joined by the former Samoa District Superintendent, Rev. Peniperite Fakaua, now the Field Strategy Coordinator for the Papua New Guinea Field; Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Rev. Kafoa Muaror; and General Superintendent, Rev. David A. Busic. It was a remarkable and Spirit-filled occasion held on 13 November 2025.
