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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 November 16-20, 2015. Scott Daniel , 53, of Williamsburg, Virginia, passed away November 16. He was a chaplain, serving in Ohio, Arizona, and Virginia. He is survived

General Superintendent J. K. Warrick presents George Reader with an award on the 80th anniversary of his ordination in 2012. George Reader, 109, passed away November 5. At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest living ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Reader pastored,

Ronald Kirkemo, professor emeritus at Point Loma Nazarene University, passed away November 4. He was 71. Born in Eureka, California, in 1944, Kirkemo, or “Dr. K” as he is remembered by students, graduated from Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene University) in 1965 with a degree in history,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 9-13, 2015. William "Bill" Bixler , 81, of Katy, Texas, passed away November 3. He was a retired minister, serving in Michigan. He is survived by his wife,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 2-6, 2015. Selvaraj Jayakumar of Musiri, India, passed away November 2. He was a pastor and superintendent of the India Tamil Nadu West District. He is

Earl and Gladys Mosteller Retired missionary Earl E. Mosteller, Jr., passed away October 27. He was 97. Mosteller and his wife, Gladys, both graduates of Northwest Nazarene College (now University), served as missionaries for 39 years in Cape Verde (now Cabo Verde), Brazil, Portugal, and the Azores.

Kenneth J. Pell, lead pastor of the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, First Church of the Nazarene, passed away suddenly October 25. He was 53. “It is with deep sadness that I tell you that our pastor Ken went to be with Jesus tonight,” Church Board Secretary Cyndie Marshall said Sunday in a message posted on

Tomás Ticum Ventura, lead pastor of Todas Las Naciones Iglesia del Nazareno (All Nations Church of the Nazarene) in Wichita, Kansas, passed away October 21. Ordained in 1992, Ticum served the Church of the Nazarene in Guatemala, Mexico, Nebraska, and Kansas. He graduated with an undergraduate degree

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received October 26-30, 2015. Robert "Bob" Allen , 86, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away October 23. He was a lay leader in the Church of the Nazarene, serving on church

Former Mount Vernon and Trevecca Nazarene University dean of students and faculty member John J. Donoho passed away October 22. John and his wife, Lora Donoho, served respectively as dean of students and director of Athletics at MVNU from 1975 to their joint retirement in 1990. John was born March 6