Since 1 September 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The national flags rotate weekly, and photos of them raised are sent to the church leaders of that country.

This week: Netherlands

The Church of the Nazarene officially entered the Netherlands in 1967.

The Netherlands had a population of 17,772,378 in 2024. That same year, the Netherlands reported 14 Churches of the Nazarene, 12 of which had been officially organized. The Netherlands has 1,915 total members.

The Netherlands is part of the Benelux District, Phase 3 district. It is a part of the Eurasia Region.

For more information about the Eurasia Region, visit eurasiaregion.org.

* = The weekly highlighted flag is raised on the middle of three poles in compliance with U.S. government protocols. It flies to the left of the GMC host-nation United States flag, which flies above the host-state flag of Kansas. The Christian flag flies on the third pole.

The Global Ministry Center is the mission and service hub of the Church of the Nazarene.