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Donghwan "Bill" Kwon was unanimously elected 18 August to serve as chancellor of Southeast Asia Nazarene Bible College. In his role, Kwon will give leadership and oversight to the academic and fiscal administration, along with overseeing planning and development and curriculum. “Dr. Bill Kwon is an

On August 2, Typhoon Soudelor swept over the small island of Saipan, leaving a swath of destruction in its path. Church of the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Region team members Dave and Helen Ann Bucher arrived back on the island after home assignment and gave the following update: We are so pleased to

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

At approximately 9 a.m. on August 21, a fire broke out in a staff residence at Kudjip Nazarene Mission Station in Papua New Guinea. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire is unknown. It started in one unit of a triplex and quickly spread to the other two units. Two small temporary buildings

Rob Fringer (center) with his wife, Vanessa. Nazarene Theological College-Brisbane and the Asia-Pacific Region announced the election of a new principal for the college. In a unanimous decision by the Board of Trustees on August 19, Rob Fringer was elected the school's new leader. Fringer has served

When Young Lee arrived in America from Korea in December 1996, he was unsure of where he would establish roots. His wife, Soojung, joined him in America in 1998. There was one thing, though, that both were very sure of. They came to America because God had called them to share the message of Jesus

More than 600 pastors and church leaders from across Papua New Guinea gathered in Port Moresby August 3 through 7 for the 10th National Pastors Conference. The conference is held every four years on one of the country's 12 Nazarene districts. Because Port Moresby has no road access to the rest of

Collin and Shireen Elliott The Asia-Pacific Regional team has been carefully monitoring the health status of Southeast Asia Field (SEA) Strategy Coordinator David Phillips. "In light of his recent diagnosis of cancer, and the recommendation of the Global Mission Medical Committee that David

Retired missionary Frances Vine passed away August 2. She was 93. Vine was born March 28, 1922, in Canada. At the age of 14 she told her family she was called to be a missionary despite not being a Christian. Later, while serving in the Canadian Air Force, Vine accepted Christ. She earned a Bachelor

The rainy season has arrived in full force throughout Southeast Asia, bringing monsoon rains that have inundated entire regions of Myanmar, India, and northern Vietnam. According to BBC World News , rains that began in July have left at least 27 people dead in four western regions of Myanmar that