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Paraguay tornado claims life of young church member

At approximately 5 p.m. local time on 8 April, a strong tornado hit the San Javier community in the suburb of San Ignacio city in Paraguay. A 10-year-old girl from the local Church of the Nazarene was one of at least two people killed. The tornado damaged several homes, including 12 belonging to
13 Apr 2017
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'Are you willing to be healed?'

Mary, a staff member of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Lanka (NCML), makes her own lunch every day before heading out to work. But she rarely gets to eat it. In her job as the local leader for compassionate ministry to laborers and their families in the Sri Lankan tea gardens of Pattana, Dimbulla
13 Apr 2017
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In Memoriam: 13 April 2017

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 10-13 April 2017. Wilma Jean Gebhart , 89, of Turlock, California, passed away 28 March. She was the widow of retired minister Buck Gebhart, who served in California.
13 Apr 2017
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General Assembly parking, transportation options

As thousands prepare to travel to Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, for the Church of the Nazarene's 2017 General Assembly and Conventions, organizers compiled a list of resources to help attendees reach their destination. Car and RV/bus parking Parking for cars, buses, and RVs is available 21-30 June
12 Apr 2017
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Dwight Neuenschwander remembered

Dwight Neuenschwander Sr., former district superintendent of New Zealand, passed away 28 March at the age of 86 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Neuenschwander was appointed D.S. in 1980, thus becoming a member of the Nazarene Theological College–Brisbane Board of Trustees. During his
12 Apr 2017
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Cross-cultural volunteering: 'Love is the number one language'

Anderson Martinez said he was willing to go anywhere he was needed, and that need was in Greece with a team serving refugees who fled violence and civil war in their countries. Martinez spent his summer break near Thessaloniki, where he visited refugees in their homes, helped them improve their
11 Apr 2017
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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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International Myanmar church planting leads to expanded theological education

Khunjar’s mother always wanted her daughter to go into Christian ministry, but her mother died before she could see her dream come true. Khunjar had been preparing for full-time ministry. She had graduated from a Bible college and a discipleship training program in her hometown in the Shan State,
10 Apr 2017
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In Memoriam: 7 April 2017

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 3-7 April 2017. Wallace Carruth , 93, of Cottondale, Alabama, passed away 1 April. He was a retired minister, serving in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. He is
07 Apr 2017
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Diaspora of believers from Myanmar leads to cross-cultural church partnerships

Seeds of the gospel were planted by the first American Christian missionary to Myanmar’s ethnic minority Chin people in the 1800s. Those seeds are bearing fruit in major U.S. cities, Thailand, and around the world. Although they are a small ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly called Burma), a diaspora
07 Apr 2017
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