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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 14-18 January 2019. Michael Bright , 72, of Manchester, New Hampshire, passed away 12 January. He was a retired minister, serving in Indiana, Michigan, Oregon,

A youth camp called “Contagious 2018” was held for the Nicaragua South East District 14-16 December with 80 youth in attendance. The camp featured different activities, including a soccer tournament and Bible teachings. Over the weekend, 12 youth accepted Christ as their personal Lord and savior.

Arima Church of the Nazarene recently launched a ministry to the growing Spanish migrant community in Trinidad and Tobago. Many Venezuelan families are fleeing their homeland due to economic and social unrest. Thousands have migrated to the Caribbean English-speaking nation of Trinidad and Tobago to

At 12 years old, Harmon Schmelzenbach III spoke to Swazi evangelist Joseph Mkwanazi at a camp meeting in Endingeni, Swaziland. Harmon later shared that this conversation confirmed his call to be a pastor and missionary like his father and grandfather. He would spend the next 13 years preparing for

Qendressa, a Nazarene lay leader from a Balkan country where women are prohibited from leadership over men, was one of 153 women and five men who journeyed to the CALLED: Reimagine conference in Zagreb, Croatia. The broader Christian community in her nation numbers only a few thousand and represents

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 7-11 January 2019. Michael Howard , 62, of Cottontown, Tennessee, passed away 27 December. He was a former minister, serving in Texas and Oklahoma. He is survived by

DiscipleshipPlace.org would like to congratulate the following individuals for being approved by their pastor and local church board to receive the certificate of lay ministry in the month of December. Upon approval, they will complete the lay ministry courses . Gregg Arbogast of South Side Church

Retired missionary and pioneer Harmon Schmelzenbach III passed away 2 January. He was 83 years old. Harmon and his wife, Beverly, were both missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene, serving from 1960 until their retirement in 2001. Harmon grew up in Africa as a third-generation missionary. In the

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 24 December 2018-4 January 2019. Robert Anderson , 91, of Hillsboro, Oregon, passed away 31 December. He was a retired minister and evangelist, serving in California,

Located in a desert area of Pakistan where farming is difficult and clean water is scarce, there is a village where people live in mud huts and do not have electricity or access to education. The village is so impoverished that there are no worship centers for the local religion. As a result, most