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Retired missionary Larry Faul passes away

Retired Church of the Nazarene missionary Lawrence “Larry” Faul passed away August 11. He was 91. Faul was born in Germantown Township, North Dakota, August 9, 1925. He married Betty Foraker August 16, 1945, and the couple served as missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene for 38 years. They
19 Aug 2016
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Michigan pastor Chuck Fowler passes away

Charles "Chuck" Fowler passed away peacefully August 14 surrounded by family and friends after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56. Fowler was born September 22, 1959, in McLeansboro, Illinois, to Clark and Betty (Park) Fowler. He grew up in Griffith, Indiana, and attended Griffith
19 Aug 2016
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Longtime Scottish missionary doctor Samuel Hynd remembered

Dr Samuel Hynd (left) with business mogul Natie Kirsh in an undated picture. ( Swazi Observer photo) Dr Samuel Hynd, a longtime Scottish missionary to Swaziland, passed away August 18 at the age of 91. Hynd was born on 19 December 1924 in the home of his grandfather, George Sharpe, the founder of
18 Aug 2016
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Liberia project empowers women through training

Liberia was ravaged by the Ebola crisis as well as civil wars over the last decades, reducing the male population. Many women must now provide for their families. In partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, the Nazarene Women's Project has been in operation since 2001. Edith N'Boyou, a
18 Aug 2016
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Michigan DS hospitalized

Prayer is requested for Michigan District Superintendent John Seaman, who was hospitalized this week in Tennessee while visiting family. A member of the Church of the Nazarene’s General Board and a former missionary, Seaman continues to undergo tests to determine appropriate treatment. The following
18 Aug 2016
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Zimbabwe pastor opens extension center, trains next generation of pastors

Zimbabwe West District Superintendent A. Nyoni In 2002, Noah Sibanda graduated from Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya, with a master's degree in religion. In August of that same year, Sibanda returned to his home country of Zimbabwe, where Zimbabwe West District Superintendent A. Nyoni
17 Aug 2016
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MNU, KC First Church partner to help sponsor Bresee film

MNU President David Spittal (left) accepts a gift from Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene Pastor Brad Estep for a film project. Brad Estep, lead pastor of Kansas City First Church of the Nazarene, presented MidAmerica Nazarene University President David Spittal with a gift of $16,500 to
17 Aug 2016
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Tribute to Manuel Filimao Tsambe Chambo

Africa Regional Director Filimao Chambo shared the following tribute to his father, Rev. Manuel Filimao Tsambe Chambo: Grieving and celebrating a life well-lived! My dad, Rev. Manuel Filimao Tsambe Chambo, has passed into glory on 4 August 2016. He was 78 years old. I sure would have loved to have
15 Aug 2016
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Nazarenes respond as Louisiana flooding creates major disaster

A boat motors between flooded homes on Saturday after heavy rains in the region in Hammond, Louisiana. (AP photo) A deluge of unusually heavy rains late last week caused unprecedented flooding in southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi. At least 13 people died in the record-level floods, which
15 Aug 2016
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Vernon Lunn remembered

Vernon Lunn, a lifelong Nazarene layman and General Board member for 24 years, passed away August 8. He was 93. Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, he was one of seven children born to Mervel and Alma Lunn. Vernon attended Westport High School in Kansas City and Pasadena Nazarene College (now
12 Aug 2016
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