A Samoan Pentecostal congregation at legal odds with some of its sister churches in the South Bay and Long Beach has won the property rights to its two Carson parishes after a lengthy legal battle.

Sunday Masses and bible studies at the historic Second Samoan Congregational Church, which was gutted by a fire over the weekend, may take place at an adjacent parking lot if the leaders of two ...

During a break from testimony in Compton court, members of Carson Bethel Church stood in a circle holding hands and praying for God’s forgiveness for their role in a distinctly un-Christian legal ...

BARSTOW • After five years of sharing space with another church, Enitima Laulu and his congregation may soon have a brand new building of their own to worship in. Laulu, head pastor of the First ...

The calloused hands of the artist glide first over the pine ceremonial bowl, then the fishing canoes, in the Second Samoan Church yard. Sculptor Sven Ortquist pointed to the boys and girls chiseling ...

Two congregations at Long Beach’s historic Second Samoan Congressional Church, damaged by a weekend fire, are uncertain about the building’s structural safety or whether services will have to be ...

On Sunday morning, the pews of Anchorage's New Testament Church were full of jittery boys in ivory satin suits and girls in flower crowns and frilly dresses. Babies wore tuxedos. Mothers wore ...

OCEANSIDE — Friend and church colleague Fagatua Tili remembersLiatama Vaeao delivering words of faith at the 1st Samoan FullGospel Pentecostal Church of Vista. Vaeao, who died July 7 at age 61, was ...

Rocking an infant nephew in her arms, Mary Poloai stood outside the main entrance of the imposing Samoan Congregational Christian Church in Carson on Wednesday staring up at the sky and fighting back ...

Edgar and Edna Pulu celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with both joy and sadness. Their renewal of vows took place March 7 at the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church in the Southcrest ...

Advent will be “mellow” on South Pacific island as government restricts public gatherings amid vaccination campaign. Children in Samoa have been temporarily banned from attending church services and ...