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Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*.

Two cyclones devastated the island of Vanuatu in April. The disaster response team led by Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Asia-Pacific among others is distributing relief items to the various local churches and communities in Vanuatu.

The Vanuatu District recently sent its first team to the northern island of Espiritu Santo to begin establishing the Church of the Nazarene’s presence there. As a result, nearly 40 people accepted Christ.

This year’s Vanuatu District Assembly featured its first ordination service. Three ministers were ordained during the 30 October assembly — Keithly Jereva, Meriam Naunga, and Gideon Sam. Micronesia-South Pacific Field Strategy Coordinator Harmon Schmelzenbach and Regional Director Mark Louw were at

In June 2017 during General Assembly and Conventions in Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda Dortch “just happened” to sit on a bench in the Asia-Pacific Region booth and a missionary “just happened” to walk up and start a conversation about cross-cultural ministry. The missionary was David Potter, who,

The Church of the Nazarene in Papua New Guinea celebrated a milestone last month as they sent their first Work & Witness team to another country. From the end of March until the second week of April, the Chimbu/Eastern Highlands District W&W team raised funds for airfare and traveled to Vanuatu to

Multiple earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks rocked the western side of the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire last week. Japan (two quakes), Myanmar (6.9), and Vanuatu (6.4), were the most heavily affected. "Here at the Nazarene World Mission Communications center in Manila, Philippines, we are closely

The small island nation of Vanuatu has received significant outside aid for many years, especially in times of disasters. Over time, this can produce an attitude of helplessness and dependency. It can also make people think compassionate care is someone else’s responsibility. God is helping local

South Pacific Nazarene Theological College's Vanuatu campus recently held its first graduation. Joe Malikum, Austin Jereva, and Gideon Iakapas all received a Certificate in Ministry. Held in Eratap Church of the Nazarene with nearly 200 people in attendance, it was standing room only as family

Asia-Pacific Communications received the following update from David and Sylvia Potter, missionaries to Vanuatu, five months after Cyclone Pam : David and I have been away from Vanuatu for the past four months doing our home assignment in the United States. We left Vanuatu just one month after the