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Northern Thailand District Superintendent Lasoe presents the Hueileuk Church of the Nazarene with its first sign. In northern Thailand, evangelist Jawsha established a small church, Hueileuk Church of the Nazarene. The church found themselves without a leader when Jawsha passed away and his son and

Super Typhoon Nepartak, Taiwan’s first major tropical storm of the season, made landfall July 8 at about 5:50 a.m. (local time) in the eastern county of Taitung with winds of 234 kilometers per hour (145 mph). There has been a significant amount of damage left in the wake of the storm. Early reports

A Work & Witness team from Bethel Church of the Nazarene in Nampa, Idaho, USA, arrived in Myanmar May 21. Shortly after reaching Myitkyina in the northern part of the country, the team began engaging with the local people. Each day, around 100 children came from surrounding Nazarene churches and

Around 1:30 p.m. local time Monday, a gas explosion was reported at the Pines City Church of the Nazarene in Baguio City, Philippines. One worker, Frank*, received extensive burns and has been hospitalized. A pregnant church member had just exited the room when the explosion occurred and was unhurt.

Sherry Shmidt was appointed the new campus chaplain for Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) , effective June 1. Shmidt, an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and a registered nurse, has served previously in the areas of guidance counseling, member care, and general health

Twenty minutes, that’s all. Only 20 minutes to fly from the Mission Aviation Fellowship hanger at Kagamuga Airport in Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea, to the Dusin Airstrip, on the side of a mountain at 6,100 feet. The flight itself is good for the soul on two counts: one being the weeks it may have

Wayne Larson, a retired missionary to Swaziland and Papua New Guinea, passed away May 29 at age 83. Wayne was born to Alfred and Lulu Larson November 9, 1932, in Portland, Oregon, and raised with his younger brother, Bruce. He married Joann in 1954, and the couple raised their three children in

Retired missionary Gordon Johnston passed away May 27. He was 77. Gordon and his wife, Pat, served the Church of the Nazarene in missions for 34 years in Lebanon, Jordan, and Papua New Guinea before retiring in June 2003. Gordon was an ordained minister, holding a bachelor’s degree from Pasadena

​ During this year's Cambodia District Assembly, each church received 2-3 Papyrus Audio Bibles. The solar-powered audio players are an important tool for evangelism and discipleship in the southeast Asian country where nearly one in four people age 15 and older cannot read and write. The Cambodia

The Northern Thailand District recently finished its biennial Nazarene Family Camp. Hundreds of Nazarenes from 17 churches gathered March 28 to 31 in the Banmai Maekon village to celebrate their common bond in Christ. Missionaries Collin and Shireen Elliot were the keynote speakers and shared