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PNG youth leaders build bridges, break barriers

Current and emerging youth leaders gathered on Papua New Guinea's Bromley District 14-18 December 2016 for the country's third National Youth Leaders Conference. More than a thousand people attended, including Nazarene Missions International delegates and Asia-Pacific Regional Nazarene Youth
05 Jan 2017
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Nazarene youth leaders discuss new ministry methods at global gathering

Nazarene youth leaders from around the world attended the Lausanne Movement Younger Leaders Gathering. Nine youth leaders represented the Church of the Nazarene at the Lausanne Movement Younger Leaders Gathering this summer in Indonesia. The group connected with influential figures in youth
09 Dec 2016
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Philippines church continues ministry after Super Typhoon Haiyan

Super Typhoon Haiyan, the most powerful storm to ever make landfall, arrived in the central Philippines November 7, 2013, ravaging Asia and leaving at least 10,000 dead in the Philippines. Three years later on November 27, 2016, Ormoc City Church of the Nazarene launched Training, Equipping a Child
08 Dec 2016
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Motocross church recognized by Metro Manila District

Church of the Nazarene leaders gathered with motocross racers and fans 19 November at MX Messiah Fairgrounds to celebrate the recognition of an out-of-the-box (or perhaps out-of-the-starting-gate) ministry to people who might never enter the doors of a traditional church building. Metro Manila
05 Dec 2016
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New field education coordinator selected for Philippines-Micronesia

David Ackerman, a professor and former missionary to the Philippines, was chosen as the new education coordinator for the Philippine-Micronesia Field. The Ackermans served the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines as global missionaries from 1999 to 2008. David was the New Testament professor at
02 Dec 2016
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Baru Dirye passes away

Baru Dirye, national health secretary for Nazarene Health Ministries in Papua New Guinea, passed away November 24 after a short battle with cancer. "Baru has motivated disciples to lead, started church plants, and guided hundreds to Christ," said Ingrid Kiper, a missionary to the Philippines. "He
30 Nov 2016
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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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PNG creates Jiwaka North District

Papua New Guinea is a country of wild beauty and warm people, a place steeped in tradition and superstition. Tribalism and family lines invariably inform life decisions. In the midst of all of this, the Western Highland’s District Assembly again proved that the business of God’s kingdom is more
16 Nov 2016
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7.5 magnitude earthquake rocks New Zealand

Local residents survey the damage caused to State Highway One, the longest major roadway in New Zealand (Reuters photo). In the early hours of 14 November, an earthquake measuring 7.5 shook the Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island and was felt as far north as Auckland on the North Island.
14 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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