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Nazarenes from across the USA/Canada Region gathered Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, to “Unleash the Gospel ” through M19, the region's mid-quadrennial conference . The event began with the Growing Young and Organic Outreach for Churches pre-conference sessions as well as booths from various

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 11-15 February 2019. Mora Baldwin , 87, of Temple, Texas, passed away 4 February. She was the widow of retired minister Howard Baldwin, who served in New Mexico,

Alice Eva (Schmidt) Johnson, pioneer missionary, professor, and wife of General Superintendent Emeritus Jerald Johnson and mother of General Superintendent Carla Sunberg, passed away 6 February in Boise, Idaho, at the age of 95. She was born 10 August 1923 in Beiseker, Alberta, Canada. Alice was

Photo from South Sooner Cowboy Church Facebook page Samuel Chesnut, pastor of South Sooner Cowboy Church of the Nazarene , passed away 26 January. He was 70 years old. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1948, and he married his wife, Norma Jean Chesnut, in 1966. Samuel received a Bachelor of

The Church of the Nazarene worked alongside other denominations to prepare and deliver food to communities affected by a recent storm with damaging winds. The volunteers assembled and delivered 80 boxes of food, but the number of storm victims significantly increased, so many victims only received

The Hispanic Ministries Strategic Committee Hispanic Ministries on the USA/Canada Region recently relaunched its website in a continued effort to support, resource, and connect Spanish-speaking Nazarenes throughout the region. Audio, video, and written resources are available, including the Spanish

Approximately 60 youth from the Puerto Rico West District attended the Perfected Holiness Retreat 11-13 January at the Elias Burgos Camp in Utuado. “The theme verse was 2 Corinthians 7:1, and the purpose was to be perfected to serve and to live a different life,” said Lorena Gonzalez, district

More than 20 students and six leaders from all world regions gathered for five days on an Asia-Pacific island for Rendezvous 2019, an event to help missionary kids talk about the challenges of transitioning from the missions field back to their home countries. “Sometimes you need space away from

Nearly 20 at-risk elementary and preschool children in Coban, Guatemala, began studying this year thanks to a local Church of the Nazarene mission — From the Community Mission. Eight years ago, the church began a ministry called the LAZARUS cafeteria, a program the mission developed to offer food to

Taylor* fled from his home country to Croatia when someone tried to kill him for helping some Americans. He applied for asylum on three separate occasions, but he was rejected each time because there was not enough evidence to corroborate his story. While he continued to apply, Taylor began taking