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Growing ministries in West Africa transform lives

Nazarene leaders gathered in Ghana last month for training and fellowship. (Photo from the Africa West Field .) Leaders representing 12 countries in West Africa met in Accra, Ghana, October 4-8 for training, to share testimonies of God's faithfulness, pray, develop a common vision, and fellowship.
05 Nov 2015
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Churches care for children orphaned by Ebola

The Nazarene church is supporting children in Sierra Leone (pictured) and Liberia who have lost their parents to Ebola. (Photos by Vidal Cole) The Ebola outbreak left thousands of orphans who are now trying to navigate life without their parents. Nazarene churches in two of the most affected
20 May 2015
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UK Nazarene helps Ebola patients in West Africa

Matt Jackson is a doctor finishing his training in anesthesia and intensive care in Manchester, United Kingdom. An attendee at Longsight Church of the Nazarene for the past six years, Jackson recently returned from seven weeks assisting in a clinical trial for new Ebola treatment drugs in West
02 Apr 2015
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Prayer requested during lockdown in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma called for a three-day lockdown in the country as an effort to curb the spread of the Ebola virus. Citizens have been told to stay inside March 27 to 29 and from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the following three Saturdays: April 4, 11, and 18. Vidal Cole, the Nazarene
27 Mar 2015
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21 and Free campaign seeks to dissolve Ebola stigma

Those who have been potentially exposed to the Ebola virus spend 21 days in quarantine to eliminate the risk of infecting others. If no symptoms show after those three weeks in isolation, the person is free to return to normal life. But many find that life after quarantine is far from normal.
18 Mar 2015
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Deadly Ebola virus on rise again

Sierre Leone, Africa Isatu Fullah died this week in Sierre Leone as a result of the Ebola virus, leaving behind five young children and a grieving husband, James Fullah, who pastors the Amazing Grace Church of the Nazarene on the country's western peninsula. She is at least the fourth Nazarene to
18 Feb 2015
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Denomination continues response as Ebola outbreak worsens

As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa enters its seventh month, the Church of the Nazarene continues to serve affected individuals and communities through education, preventative measures, and prayer. The World Health Organization's latest update announced 4,269 (probable, confirmed, and suspected)
10 Dec 2014
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Africa Region calls for time of prayer, fasting

Africa Regional Director Filimao Chambo shared the following letter last week, calling for a time of prayer and fasting. The Africa Regional Office will be closed for work on Wednesday, October 22, and instead we will come together for a day of prayer and fasting to intercede for those who are
22 Oct 2014
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Liberia pastor, wife die from Ebola

Joe Sonkpah, pastor of the Grace Chapel Church of the Nazarene in Liberia, passed away October 10 from Ebola days after his wife, Hannah, perished from the same disease. Hannah was helping provide medical assistance after local hospitals in Monrovia closed because they were unable to assist patients
13 Oct 2014
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