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Giving our best

In Lebanon, it is not common for people to purchase second-hand items as a cost-savings method for acquiring new-to-you clothes, shoes, furniture or household items. People want the things they own to be new, one local friend told me. Thus, it’s hard to find second-hand or charity shops there. So,
11 Apr 2017
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Lebanon food ministry serves Syrian refugees, elderly residents

Five days a week, volunteers rub shoulders and bump elbows in the cramped, narrow kitchen next to the Achrafieh Church of the Nazarene. The volunteers cook about 100 hot, healthy meals for Syrian refugee students and neighborhood shut-ins, all of whom struggle to get adequate nutrition each week.
07 Apr 2017
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As important as any other kids

“I found them last summer, looking through the trash for food,” Gesti, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Kombinat, Albania, told me in October 2015 as we were on our way to visit the child development centre that his congregation had established. “Two sisters and a brother; the oldest was 12
30 Mar 2017
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Food opens community doors for Versailles church

As a teenager on the Caribbean island of Martinique, Jocelyn first learned to cook from his mother. It later became his career and 42 years later, Jocelyn is cooking for his community and for the Lord. Jocelyn left the tropical forests of his French-speaking home in 1999 to make a new home in France
17 Mar 2017
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Middle East church shares its heart with refugees

Aerial view of a refugee camp. Christians often talk about “neighbors” almost in the abstract, in response to Jesus’ command to His followers to love their neighbors the same way they love themselves. For a Church of the Nazarene in Jordan, loving their neighbors is not just figurative or symbolic.
07 Mar 2017
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VBS ministry teaches Armenia children about God's love, career options

Nearly 50 Nazarene volunteers spread out over five towns in Armenia last summer and fall to hold Vacation Bible Schools and camps for children and teens, serving more than 350 children and reaching many parents. In Sevan, a poor city with many economic and social difficulties, there are few services
02 Mar 2017
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Trevecca alumni reflect on ministering to refugees in Greece

Jacob and Dorothee Morris, along with their two children Elias and Miriam, are currently working with Courage for the Journey, a partnership between the Church of the Nazarene's Central Europe and Western Mediterranean fields, to assist refugees fleeing unrest in the Middle East. The Morris' arrived
24 Feb 2017
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The right place: Ministering to Syrian-Armenian refugees

For many Syrian-Armenians who have fled Syria during the past six years of civil war, finding refuge in Armenia is coming home — and not. Zareh Mangilikian knows what it’s like. A jeweler in Yerevan, Armenia, he is also a man who, together with his family, has allowed the Lord to prepare and guide
16 Feb 2017
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Eurasia colleges work together to help Germany leaders continue education

Thanks to a partnership between Nazarene colleges on the Eurasia Region, eight church leaders with Kirche in Aktion (Church in Action) in Germany are earning their Master’s Degree in Theology without stepping away from their ministry. KiA is a church planting effort with 26 locations in four cities
03 Feb 2017
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Scotland church members journey with people displaced by refugee crisis

Most newspapers include stories of the war-ravaged Middle East and the millions of people displaced by violence. Readers will also find articles about refugee camps, border closures, and world leaders negotiating the numbers their nations can take. These issues have made their way into the world's
27 Jan 2017
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