Biography
Moses was originally from Port Vato,West Ambrym. [1] He attended Primary School from 1964 to 1967. He later worked for the Teaching Service as a teacher in various schools, [4] before attending the Tangoa Presbyterian Bible Institute in South Santo in 1978. [1] He studied at the Sydney Missionary and Bible College in Australia from 1980 to 1981 and graduated with Diploma in Divinity and Mission. [4] He later studied at Talua Ministry Training Centre between 1985 and 1986,graduating with a Diploma in Theology. He went back to Australia in 1989 and studied at the Alan Walker College of Evangelism,where he graduated in 1989 with Certificate of Merit. [5]
Moses also served as a pastor at Erromango,Ranon in North Ambrym,Luganville and Bamefau. In 2009 and again in 2013,he was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu [4] after he received religious training and education in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
On 6 July 2017 he was elected to succeed President Baldwin Lonsdale who had died in office. [6] He was chosen among 16 candidates after four rounds of voting (received 40 votes out of 57 from the Electoral College) and sworn in immediately after.
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