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Chic Shaver (left) receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from Gary Bond (right). Charles “Chic” Shaver received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his more than 60 years of service as a tenured evangelist, pastor, and professor 12 February at the M19 Conference . Shaver was raised in Protestant

More than 50 people participated in this year’s Vacation Bible School training held by the Central Peru District Sunday School and Discipleship Ministry International board. The event was held 5 January in the Pueblo Libre Church of the Nazarene. All of the churches on the district were encouraged

Approximately 350 Sunday School teachers on Guatemala’s Northern Verapaz District completed the first district-wide Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International Teachers’ Diploma Program. The Second Church of the Nazarene in Cobán hosted the graduation event 5 October, and 700 Nazarenes

Holly Catterton Allen leads a workshop on intergenerational ministry (photo courtesy of Nazarene Theological Seminary). Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries USA/Canada held its 2018 Leadership Conference 11-13 September at Springdale Nazarene Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. Nearly 200 SDMI district

Churches across Venezuela are continuing to reach out to their communities despite the current economic crisis . At least 60 Vacation Bible Schools representing 75 percent of the country’s organized churches have been planned through September. Many residents have emigrated from the country in

This year's USA/Canada Region Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries Leadership Conference, 11 to 13 September, is open to both district and local SDMI leaders for the first time. The event will take place at Springdale Nazarene Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and features workshop sessions as well

Scott, Jenni, Bekah, and Sarah Rainey The Board of General Superintendents, Church of the Nazarene, is pleased to announce the election of Scott Rainey as global director of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI), effective 1 August 2018. Rainey currently serves as field

Several Mesoamerica Region ministries came together 6-8 July in the Dominican Republic for a children's ministries training event focusing on education, leadership, missions, and evangelism. Seminario Nazareno Dominicano ( Dominican Nazarene Seminary ) in Santo Domingo hosted the event, which

Earlier this year, the Trinidad and Tobago District relaunched Children’s Bible Quizzing. Immediately, eight churches and 49 quizzers formed their Bible study groups and prepared for competitions on 1 and 2 Samuel. Just as district preparations were being made for the 2017-2018 quiz cycle, doors

During the regional forums for Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International, each of the six world regions chose one nominee to be considered by the Global Council to represent SDMI to the Church of the Nazarene’s General Board. The following individuals were nominated: Irene R. Mpangana