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Moving Ministers: March 2024

Compiled by the General Secretary's Office from district reports, Moving Ministers is a monthly listing of Nazarene ministers in new assignments on the USA/Canada Region.
03 Apr 2024
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English classes

English classes help Michigan church reach Hispanic community

In an isolated corner of Michigan farm country, a small Church of the Nazarene has become the county's sole provider of English Language Learning classes. Some of the first students are now on track to become church members this summer.
21 Mar 2024
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Moving Min Mountains

Moving Ministers: February 2024

Compiled by the General Secretary's Office from district reports, Moving Ministers is a monthly listing of Nazarene ministers in new assignments on the USA/Canada Region. To view the report for February click read more.
08 Mar 2024
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Peoria

A group photo of Street Family from Friendsgiving 2023: A potluck meal shared with Reachway's unhoused neighbors and those in the community who serve and support them.

Illinois church offers space to help surrounding neighborhood flourish

Reachway Church of the Nazarene is impacting its neighborhood of Peoria, Illinois, by providing a space the community can use for its benefit.
07 Mar 2024
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Greg Hephner

Remembering Gregory Hephner

Gregory Hephner, 59, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away 21 February 2024. He was a member of the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene, elected in June 2023. He passed just six weeks after receiving a glioblastoma diagnosis.
29 Feb 2024
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Philip Sessions

Celebrating the life, ministry of R. Phillip Sessions

Ronald “Phillip” Sessions, 86, of Cullman, Alabama, passed away 10 February 2024. He was a retired district superintendent who led the Alabama South (now Central Gulf Coast) District from 1988 to 1997.
20 Feb 2024
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New Waverly sanctuary

Tennessee church celebrates new building after devastating floods

Waverly Church of the Nazarene celebrated the opening of its new building on Sunday, 4 February, at a new location for the first time in the church’s 80-year history.
07 Feb 2024
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Hugh Smith

Remembering Hugh Smith

Hugh Lansden Smith of Roswell, Georgia, passed away on 1 January 2024. Hugh served as a pastor and district superintendent in addition to dedicating his life to spreading compassion, faith, and kindness to those around him.
05 Feb 2024
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Kendall Franklin

Kendall Franklin appointed superintendent of Kansas District

Kendall Franklin was appointed superintendent of the Kansas District . He currently serves as pastor of Woodland Lakes Community Church of the Nazarene in Wichita, Kansas.
02 Feb 2024
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Rogers First

Lay ministry courses impact Arkansas church

Three women seeking to dive deeper into their faith and Nazarene theology have found life through the Church of the Nazarene’s Discipleship Place lay ministry courses.
02 Feb 2024
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11 Apr 2024
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Over 200 youth in Ecuador respond to God's…

11 Apr 2024
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Remembering Carol Hunton

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