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Freddy Benavides was elected superintendent of the Sierra Norte District on 17 March 2023. The district assembly was held in a spirit of unity, bidding farewell to pastor Hernán Puga, who is retiring after 26 years of service as the district superintendent.

More than 1,000 women attended the conference “His grace in me.” The keynote speaker was Patricia Donnelly, from Arizona, USA. The meetings took place in various churches around the country of Ecuador.

Six men undergoing addiction treatment were baptized at a rehab center in Quito, Ecuador. Rodrigo Olmedo, who led the ceremony, is a Nazarene pastor and a former addict.

To uplift and demonstrate God's love to the locals in the neighborhood, the teams joined together to celebrate a workday. For the event, attendees raised money on their own.

Pastor Marcelo Fretes and his prayer ministry team stand outside their local courthouse weekly in Latacunga, Ecuador. Many have stopped to request a prayer to relieve their burden.

The Church of the Nazarene in Taisha, Morona Santiago, Ecuador, is impacting its community by offering art lessons to children in the Shuar and Achuar communities. As a result, Lili*, a six-year-old student, won a regional award in a painting competition.

The Sierra Centro District Church of the Nazarene recognized the final Sunday in October as “Pastor’s Sunday” for Clergy Appreciation Month. A district-wide celebration was held at the District Center in Riobamba on 29 October, while the local churches celebrated their pastors on Sunday, 30 October.

Nearly 600 people gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Church of the Nazarene in Ecuador. The celebration included a ministry fair where all ministry coordinators and their teams displayed their work and invited attendees to get involved by using their gifts and talents to serve in the

After two years of ministry in Sevilla Don Bosco, Macas, Ecuador, a portable chapel was installed 26 August in order to begin hosting church services. The ministry began when members of a Church of the Nazarene in a nearby community offered programs to pregnant women and children for two years.

Keren Chuiza's passion for children's discipleship rubbed off on others and has helped expand the ministry in Cuenca, Ecuador, and inspired those on the Sierra SUR District to step up as well.