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Terry Armstrong was elected 13 July as the Illinois district superintendent. Armstrong is currently serving as lead pastor at Mustang Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma, a position he has held since 2008. Armstrong’s new assignment will be made effective 13 August. He is replacing James Kraemer, who

More than 8,000 youth are currently participating in the USA/Canada Region's Nazarene Youth Conference, themed “Love God, Love Others,” from 10-14 July in Phoenix, Arizona. The quadrennial event features five days of worship services, service projects, and more. Event speakers include Amena Brown,

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. Roles included in the latest report are pastor and pastoral service. Entries were received in June 2019. To view the June report,

A team of students from Point Loma Nazarene University recently traveled to the Philippines for a three-week LoveWorks mission trip. The students constructed two brand new playgrounds, restored part of a local church building, and built relationships with victims at the Shechem Home , a residential

Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary is currently accepting applications for the position of APNTS president in Manila, Philippines. The school is looking for a candidate with the following credentials: • Must be an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene • Must be a strategic thinker

Rebecca Kays, 52, passed away 20 June after a two-year battle with cancer. She was the wife of John Kays, senior pastor at Klamath Falls, Oregon, WestSide Community Church of the Nazarene. Rebecca grew up on her family farm west of Vale, and she graduated from Vale High School in 1985. She went on

More than 40 pastors and their spouses from Costa Rica’s two districts participated in a church multiplication event called Barnabas Initiative. Participants committed to completing several church growth projects, and each participant will continue to be trained and mentored to successfully finish

After several months of volunteer work, district support, and Alabaster funds, 17 Nazarene churches in Rwanda reopened. The churches had closed in 2018 after the government announced a new set of guidelines for buildings. Each congregation needed to remodel its building, including a new roof, new

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 8-12 July 2019. Ronald Dech , 70, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, passed away 2 July. He was a retired minister, serving in Texas, Colorado, California, and Oklahoma. He

XZone is a ministry in Chesterfield, Virginia, that works to empower local youth who might feel unloved or neglected. Nearly every element of XZone’s approach comes out of the desire to reach more students through mentoring in afterschool, summer, and sports programs. “We exist because the teens in