Since September 1, 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: Papua New Guinea

The Church of the Nazarene officially entered Papua New Guinea in 1955.

Papua New Guinea had a population of 10,046,233 in 2024. That same year, Papua New Guinea reported 752 Churches of the Nazarene, 533 of which had been officially organized. Papua New Guinea has 67,646 total members.

Papua New Guinea has three Phase 3 districts, nine Phase 2 districts, and five Phase 1 districts. It is a part of the Asia-Pacific Region.

* = 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.