Aiona: My 'Only Involvement' With Harvest Evangelism's Ed Silvoso Was at Argentina Conference

The international evangelical organization whose Christian claims on government became an issue in the governor's race is back in Honolulu this week.

But this time it appears that no local political leader is participating in the "Transform Our World" conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village presented by Harvest Evangelism and the International Transformation Network.

The office of Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona says the event is not on his public schedule. As did the offices of other elected leaders.

It's difficult to know whether any Hawaii public official is attending this year because the conference is private. Civil Beat was told by the group's press officer that none of the sessions would be public.

Aiona made an issue out of his relationship to the organization just before election day when he denounced what he described as "despicable attacks" by a senior member of his opponent's campaign. He accused Neil Abercrombie's social media director of directing the public to a video that he says gives the false impression that he embraces the organization.

In an interview with Civil Beat, Aiona downplayed his involvement with the group to a single occasion. But a search of the public record, including web pages that are no longer available but were found using a service that archives web pages, found strong evidence that casts serious doubt on Aiona's claim that his "only involvement" with its founder Ed Silvoso was at a religious conference in Argentina in 2006.

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