Nazarenes in the News: July 29, 2016

by | 29 Jul 2016

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members.

Iowa church raises corn for a cause

Burlington, Iowa

(KWQC, July 19) Mid July. Sweet corn is ripe for the picking. Especially at the First Church of the Nazarene In Burlington.

Three and a half acres of summer gold sits behind the church. Row by row, volunteers pick the corn in its prime. It gets loaded on a pickup truck and then sold to local customers.

The ministry is called “Selling Corn For A Cause.” It began in 1998. All proceeds from the sale go to foreign missions. The church has raised about $120,000 since the ministry began.

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Indiana church aims to make neighborhood safer, cleaner for area residents

Fort Wayne, Indiana

(21 Alive, July 26) A local nonprofit has had enough with the violence and blight on the city's southeast side — so they're doing something about it. The quadrant has long had a reputation of being the most dangerous areas in the city.

The Bridge of Grace is looking to change that one block at a time.

"When I first came to this neighborhood, we decided to move into the neighborhood to live among the people that we serve," explains Javier Mondragon, pastor of the Many Nations Church. "And then we went out to talk to the people in the neighborhood to say 'what can we do as a church to help you? What is the biggest need in the community?' The answer — number one — was that we don't feel safe."

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