As district assemblies continue on the USA/Canada Region in 2011, reports arriving at the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center show more sacrificial generosity among Nazarenes. The Board of General Superintendents reports goals are being reached in giving to the World Evangelism Fund (WEF), with several districts reaching or topping the 100 percent giving mark.

District assemblies reporting 100 percent or more giving to the World Evangelism Fund in 2011 include the following to date:
 

Alabama North, 109.5 percent (N. Greg Rickey, district superintendent)
Alabama South, 111.6 percent (Mark D. Berry, district superintendent)
Alaska, 116.0 percent (Paul Hartley, district superintendent)
Canada Atlantic, 107.9 percent (Clair MacMillan, district superintendent)
Canada Central, 103.5 percent (D. Ian Fitzpatrick, district superintendent)
Canada Pacific, 120.5 percent (Earl R. Wood, district superintendent)
Canada West, 104.5 percent (Larry R. Dahl, district superintendent)
Central Florida, 101.4 percent (Larry Dennis, district superintendent)
Chicago Central, 100.6 percent (Brian E. Wilson, district superintendent)
Dallas, 100.3 percent (Robert L. McDonald, district superintendent)
East Ohio, 106.5 percent (David Downs, district superintendent)
East Tennessee, 105.2 percent (Ronald McCormack, district superintendent)
East Kentucky, 107.1 percent (Harold Berrian, district superintendent)
Eastern Michigan, 109.5 percent (Stephen T. Anthony, district superintendent)
Georgia, 114.0 percent (R. E. Rogers, district superintendent)
Hawaii Pacific, 105.0 percent (Robert C. Killen, district superintendent)
Illinois, 105.5 percent (James R. Spruce, district superintendent)
Indianapolis, 115.1 percent (Ron Blake, district superintendent)
Intermountain, 104.9 percent (Stephen Borger, district superintendent)
Iowa, 116.0 percent (Garey A. Miller, district superintendent)
Joplin, 103.8 percent (Jim Dillow, district superintendent)
Kansas 103.2 percent (Edmond Nash, district superintendent)
Kansas City 101.7 percent (Jeren Rowell, district superintendent)
Kentucky, 108.6 percent (D. Eugene Wells, district superintendent)
Louisiana, 100.7 percent (Greg Mason, district superintendent)
Mid-Atlantic, 100.6 percent (Kenneth L. Mills, district superintendent)
Missouri, 110.7 percent (Michael G. Palmer, district superintendent)
Nebraska, 111.6 percent (Dan Cole, district superintendent)
New Mexico, 109.3 percent (J. Fred Huff, district superintendent)
North Arkansas, 104.6 percent (Randy Berkner, district superintendent)
North Florida, 117.2 percent (Orville W. Jenkins Jr., district superintendent)
Northeast Oklahoma, 111.5 percent (H. David McKellips, district superintendent)
Northeastern Indiana, 105.5 percent (David G. Roland, district superintendent)
Northern Michigan, 105.5 percent (Wayne H. Brown, district superintendent)
Northwest, 109.5 percent (Randall J. Craker, district superintendent)
Northwest Illinois, 114.7 percent (Crawford Howe, district superintendent)
Northwestern Ohio, 114.0 percent (D. Geoffrey Kunselman, district superintendent)
Oklahoma, 104.6 percent (Terry Rowland, district superintendent)
Philadelphia, 104.3 percent (Newell Smith, district superintendent)
Pittsburgh, 108.3 percent (J. Bret Metcalfe, district superintendent)
Prairie Lakes, 104.0 percent ( James M. Kraemer, district superintendent)
Rocky Mountain, 108.8 percent (Larry D. Coen, district superintendent)
Sacramento, 102.8 percent (Steven R. Scott, district superintendent)
South Arkansas, 104.8 percent (Russell W. Branstetter, district superintendent)
South Carolina, 110.4 percent (Edward L. Estep, district superintendent)
South Texas, 102.4 percent (Duane Srader, district superintendent)
Southern Florida, 100 percent (David Nixon, district superintendent)
Southwest Indiana 117.2 percent (Garry D. Pate, district superintendent)
Southwest Oklahoma, 115.3 percent (Jim Cooper, district superintendent)
Southwestern Ohio, 104.9 percent (Douglas Van Nest, district superintendent)
Tennessee, 103.5 percent (Larry W. Leonard, district superintendent)
Upstate New York, 112.2 percent (William Carr, district superintendent)
Virginia, 103.0 percent (Phil Fuller, district superintendent)
West Texas, 108.7 percent (Charles Jones, district superintendent)
West Virginia North, 106.9 percent (Kevin Dennis, district superintendent)
West Virginia South, 107.7 percent (Mervin C. Smith, district superintendent)
Wisconsin, 107.6 percent (Derl Keefer, district superintendent)

General Superintendent Jesse C. Middendorf, attending the South Florida district assembly, reports the district was $30,000 shy of reaching 100 percent WEF giving before one church (requesting to remain anonymous) volunteered to provide the rest and bring the WEF to 100 percent. "What a celebration erupted!" Middendorf said. This was the sixth time in the 38-year history of the South Florida District to achieve the 100 percent mark for WEF and first time in four years.

"Thank you for sharing the good news!" General Superintendent Eugenio R. Duarte said after receiving the South Texas report. Duarte called the South Texas District's $20,000 WEF overpayment a "wonderful response" and added that leadership must lead by example in both giving and spending, as well as letting the people who continue to give sacrificially know the Church's needs.

The World Evangelism Fund is the heart line of mission giving in the Church of the Nazarene. For more information, see www.fundingthemission.org.

--Board of General Superintendents