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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 May 11-15, 2015. Mike Courtney , 85, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away April 16. He was a minister, previously serving in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, and

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 4-8, 2015. Ernest "Ernie" Daniels , 84, of Paulding, Ohio, passed away May 4. He was a member of the Paulding, Ohio, Church of the Nazarene, serving as a church

Pastor Salvador Ofilanda of the Salcedo Church of the Nazarene passed away last week after a lengthy medical struggle, including heart ailment. Salvador was an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene for more than 30 years. His wife, Rylin, now pastors the church. The Ofilandas barely

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 27 - May 1, 2015. Roger Brown , 83, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away April 26. He was a retired song evangelist, serving in Illinois, Florida, and Indiana.

Daniel Mita Ayala, a pastor and former district superintendent, passed away April 13 after a four-year battle with intestinal cancer. He was 65. "He was a fighter up to the end," said Macedonio Daza, rector of Seminario Nazareno del Área Central in Bolivia. "He always attended national and district

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 20-24, 2015. Daniel Mita Ayala , 65, of Bolivia passed away April 13. He was a pastor and district superintendent, serving at several churches in Bolivia and

Retired missionary Earl Hunter, 99, passed away April 8. Earl and his wife, Mabel, served as missionaries to Bolivia, Guatemala, and Nigeria. Earl Hunter was born September 11, 1915, in Colorado to C. J. and Georgia Hunter. He earned a Bachelor of Theology from Northwest Nazarene College (now

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 13-17, 2015. Albert Cramer passed away March 14. He was an educator and administrator, teaching church history and Old Testament at Canadian Theological

Mariana Pereira, a Nazarene Youth International leader in Brazil, passed away March 26 after struggling with her failing health. She was 34. ”A godly woman was among us; her testimony and legacy will live on in our hearts and minds.” This was said of Mariana’s life at her burial. Pereira was born in

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 6-10, 2015. Lois (Millard) Chapman , 96, of Miltonvale, Kansas, passed away April 4. She was the widow of retired minister and evangelist W. Emerson Chapman,