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Australia youth receive leadership development training

The Church of the Nazarene in Australia is equipping young leaders with practical training and spiritual leadership insights through the Young Leaders Conference. The YLC started in 2017, but the most recent conference was held in November. Leaders between the ages of 18 and 35 came from across
21 Feb 2019
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Janet Stone remembered

Janet Mary Hopgood Stone, 84, passed away 14 October in Murdoch, Western Australia. She was the widow of Max Stone, the first Australian-born district superintendent of the Australia Southern District. Born on 14 February 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia, Janet Hopgood and her family attended the
26 Oct 2018
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Australia church pioneer remembered

Peter Alfred Robinson, former pastor and pioneer of the Church of the Nazarene in Australia, passed away 19 August at the age of 91. Robinson helped pioneer the Church of the Nazarene in Australia, having received entire sanctification while serving as a junior police constable during a revival held
24 Aug 2018
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Australia church starts worship service for refugees

Thornbury Community Church , a Church of the Nazarene in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, is learning what it means to welcome their neighbour and become a globally minded body of believers. The church began reaching out to refugees in the community a few years ago, and the church has now opened a
16 Apr 2018
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Australia church opens doors to refugee community

Pastor Paul Spanos of Thornbury Community Church , a Church of the Nazarene located in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, walked into the local council a few years ago and asked how the church could be of help to the needy in the neighborhood. They directed him to the social building where he met the
01 Dec 2017
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Asia-Pacific Region re-envisions theological education

A group of 10 Nazarene educators and leaders met in Singapore 2-5 October to discuss “re-envisioning theological education.” The group included mission directors, college presidents, regional and field education coordinators, district superintendents, pastors, instructors, and administrators.
20 Oct 2017
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Graeme Sheppard remembered

Graeme Sheppard, 63, passed away 22 November after a three-year battle with cancer. Sheppard was a longtime lay leader on the Australia-New Zealand Field, serving as Work & Witness coordinator and a member of the Australia North & West District Advisory Board and the Missional Leadership Team. "Our
23 Nov 2016
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Just Water unfolds in Sri Lanka

The Justice Movement, born in July 2015 as a partnership between Nazarene Youth International and Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, exists to help youth partner with churches to make an impact in the world. The group challenges students and leaders to drink water in order to become advocates for
11 Nov 2016
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Pastor requests prayer after hundreds killed in South Sudan

CTV News photo Stephen, pastor of the South Sudan Church of the Nazarene in Mount Waverley, Australia, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan, where he found that as many as 208 of the Australia church member's family and friends have been killed. Additionally, another 102 are still missing
28 Apr 2016
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Australia team visits Greece for vision prayer tour

A team of 11 Nazarenes from Australia, Portugal, and Spain traveled across Greece for a vision prayer tour in March as the Church of the Nazarene attempts to establish a registered ministry there. The Australia/New Zealand Field has long been connected to Greece. “[The trip] was slowly born from a
14 Apr 2016
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