Spacer component

Recent News

Philippines church responds in midst of armed conflict

The Church of the Nazarene is assisting some of the thousands of people displaced by an armed conflict in the southern Philippines. The ongoing conflict, which began May 23, has displaced nearly 360,000 people — about half of them children. Some, including the elderly and the very young, walked as
11 Aug 2017
Go to content

Philippines church disciples children through sports

Pastor Stephen Gualberto of the GMA Church of the Nazarene in Cavite, Philippines, has taken incorporating children and youth into his church to a whole new level. His approach is simple: Involve the youth in a sport with the following plan for each team. 1 coach – A young leader that is mature in
07 Jul 2017
Go to content

Philippine children selected for leadership summit

More than 130 children gathered at Visayan Nazarene Bible College for iLEAD, a 5-day children’s leadership summit. iLEAD aims to introduce selected emerging leaders to leadership principles and equip them to lead, share the gospel, and disciple other children and youth. The event was organized by
19 May 2017
Go to content

Meryle Burkhart remembered

Retired missionary Meryle Burkhart passed away 21 April at age 86. Meryle and her husband, Peter, served as missionaries in Guyana and the Philippines in addition to pastoring in Washington and Idaho. Meryle Ilene Carrier was born 6 October 1930 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Her family became members of
05 May 2017
Go to content

Myanmar church trains members in tailoring

In addition to making Christlike disciples, Trinity Church of the Nazarene aspires to provide livelihood opportunities for its members. The church, in partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries , recently launched a tailoring training program for young women. The training began 13 April with
28 Apr 2017
Go to content

PNG Nazarenes send first W&W team to Vanuatu

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
28 Apr 2017
Go to content

Nazarenes in the News: 21 April 2017

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. New provincial hospital for Jiwaka Province Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea ( EM TV , 22 April) Kudjip Nazarene Hospital is the new Provincial Hospital for Jiwaka Province. Health Minister,
21 Apr 2017
Go to content

Dwight Neuenschwander remembered

Dwight Neuenschwander Sr., former district superintendent of New Zealand, passed away 28 March at the age of 86 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Neuenschwander was appointed D.S. in 1980, thus becoming a member of the Nazarene Theological College–Brisbane Board of Trustees. During his
12 Apr 2017
Go to content

International Myanmar church planting leads to expanded theological education

Khunjar’s mother always wanted her daughter to go into Christian ministry, but her mother died before she could see her dream come true. Khunjar had been preparing for full-time ministry. She had graduated from a Bible college and a discipleship training program in her hometown in the Shan State,
10 Apr 2017
Go to content

Diaspora of believers from Myanmar leads to cross-cultural church partnerships

Seeds of the gospel were planted by the first American Christian missionary to Myanmar’s ethnic minority Chin people in the 1800s. Those seeds are bearing fruit in major U.S. cities, Thailand, and around the world. Although they are a small ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly called Burma), a diaspora
07 Apr 2017
Go to content
Spacer component

LATEST
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: 17 May 2024

16 May 2024
Go to content
ENC

Eastern Nazarene College announces three new…

16 May 2024
Go to content
Brazil Floods

Igreja do Nazareno Canoas

Nazarenes respond to devastating floods in…

16 May 2024
Go to content
Brad Estep

Bradley Estep elected superintendent of…

16 May 2024
Go to content

MOST POPULAR
Cameroon

The Cameroon flag is a vertical tricolor of green, red and yellow, defaced with a five-pointed star in its center. The center stripe is thought to stand for unity: red is the colour of unity, and the star is referred to as "the star of unity." The yellow stands for the sun and also the savannas in the northern part of the country, while the green is for the forests in the southern part of Cameroon.

Flags of the Nations: Cameroon

29 Apr 2024
Go to content
Spacer component

NEWSLETTER

Spacer component

Connect With Us

RSS Feed
Spacer component

ABOUT US

NCN (Nazarene Communications Network) is the official news service for the Church of the Nazarene denomination. Founded in 1958, it was originally known as Nazarene Information Services.

 

Stories to share? Get in contact with us at news@nazarene.org

or 1-877-258-1161.

 

© Church of the Nazarene, Inc.

No