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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received February 29 - March 4, 2016. Theresa (Snodgrass) Branch , 78, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, passed away March 2. She was the widow of ordained elder George Branch,

The Church of the Nazarene, through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, is hosting a global Compassion Conference July 14 to 16. The event will feature leading voices on the role of the Church in engaging with communities through transformational ministry. Speakers include Eugene Cho, founder of One

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Haiti recently delivered food packages to Baie d’Orange, a small community located in the mountains of Belle-Anse where there are few resources. The area is home to a church of 60 families. "Because of the president stepping down, we anticipated political unrest,"

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Fire at Massachusetts compassionate ministry center destroys cottage Hingham, Massachusetts ( The Patriot Ledger , February 26) A family that was staying at Washington Street cottage

Every U.S. presidential election is packed with emotion. This has never been more true than in 2016. Christians respond to this emotion in many ways — some work to ignore the sound bite publicity while others boisterously engage in promoting a specific candidate. There is so much emphasis tied up in

Ben Zobrist Olivet Nazarene University announced a new partnership with Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs that makes Olivet the official education partner of the Cubs organization. Ben Zobrist, Cubs second baseman and a member of Olivet’s class of 2004, will serve as the university’s spokesperson

Jerry D. Porter delivered the annual Board of General Superintendents' Report during the 93rd Session of the General Board 28 February in Ede, Netherlands. This was the first General Board held outside the U.S. Porter's report, titled "VISION 2020—Multiplying Christlike Disciples," was

Cindy Schmelzenbach will become the Asia-Pacific Region’s first regional member care coordinator March 1. Cindy, wife of Melanesia South Pacific Field Strategy Coordinator Harmon Schmelzenbach, currently serves as personnel and member care & development coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene's

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received February 22-26, 2016. Orville Clark , 79, of Hendersonville, Tennessee, passed away February 13. He was a lifelong Church of the Nazarene member. He is survived by

Former Church of the Nazarene missionary Carol (Gregory) Kratz Bennett passed away January 29 in Bethany, Oklahoma, where she had been residing for the past nine years. She was 89. She was born in Portland, Oregon, December 13, 1926, to Robert and Wilma Gregory. Carol was preceded in death by her