Samani Pulepule

Who was Samani Pulepule?

Pulepule Samani Pulepule was a Samoan minister since the early 1950s in the Assemblies of God movement. Dr Pulepule was also the Chief Apostle of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand for over 40 years and was elected as the World Chairman of the Samoan Assemblies of God Worldwide.

Pulepule was the senior pastor for the Samoan A/G in Auckland. It is one of the largest Samoan congregations in the world, and through his ministry, Dr Pulepule has planted over 100 churches throughout New Zealand. In 2005 the church group he led went through a phase of division where 40 churches stayed under the Assemblies of God in New Zealand umbrella, and 45 churches left and became an autonomous fellowship under his direction.

Since 2005 the church under his direction has grown from 45 to over 80 at this present time, and the church continues to grow and is still known to be the fastest growing Pentecostal movement in New Zealand.

On 25 September 2011, Pulepule officially resigned from all his posts of Chief Apostle, General Superintendent and World Chairman in the Samoan Assemblies of God movement.