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Chile districts gather for youth event

#Inspira17 , the first national Church of the Nazarene youth event for Chile in 12 years, was held last month for 230 young people. Each day featured workshops on topics such as adolescents and marriage, as well as recreational activities and the first national Bible Quizzing competition with a team
16 Mar 2017
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Nazarenes in the News

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Michigan church joins with community to assist residents Flint, Michigan Forge Flint photo ( My City Magazine , 1 March) Forge Flint is connecting people together to help the city move
15 Mar 2017
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Philippines church changes children's lives

Marvin, Princess, Joshua, and Althea The GMA Church of the Nazarene ministers to almost 200 children each week in the impoverished barangay (village) where the church is located. More than 10 percent of the children have been abandoned by their parents, including Marvin (age 10), Princess (age 9),
15 Mar 2017
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Mission briefing: Necessary qualities for local churches

More than 150 years ago, Anglican missionary strategist Henry Venn insisted that the churches resulting from foreign missionary work – including that of his own denomination, the Church of England – should be “indigenous” or “native” churches. That doesn’t sound all that revolutionary, does it?
14 Mar 2017
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In Memoriam: 10 March 2017

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 6-10 March 2017. Greeta (Conrad) Cubie , 85, of Marion, Indiana, passed away 23 February. She was the widow of retired minister Alexander Cubie, who served in New
10 Mar 2017
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Summer theology institute to identify, cultivate next generation of leaders

Within the next 10 to 15 years, the Church of the Nazarene expects to see a growing gap between the number of clergy retiring and the number of newly ordained ministers in the U.S. and Canada. In order to address this issue, the Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded MidAmerica Nazarene University a $600,000
08 Mar 2017
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'Ready to do something for the Kingdom': Holistic ministry in Haiti

Church of the Nazarene Mesoamerica Region JESUS Film Coordinator Bernie Slingerland wrote in his book, Missional Zones , that many counseled him that Haiti could not be involved in evangelism ministries in the aftermath of recent disasters. He added, “However, the church leaders in Haiti said that
08 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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In Memoriam: 3 March 2017

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 27 February – 3 March 2017. Robert Hempel , 92, of Meridian, Idaho, passed away 2 March. He was a retired minister, serving in Oregon, Idaho, and Kansas. He is
03 Mar 2017
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Minnesota church mourns loss of pastor

Todd Orr, pastor of the Friendship Church of the Nazarene in Mora, Minnesota, passed away 23 February. He was 53. Orr was born in La Mesa, California, to Harold and Betty (Loescher) Orr. The family moved to Minnesota, where Todd grew up and attended high school. After graduation, he served in the U
03 Mar 2017
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