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When Grand Rapids International Fellowship Church of the Nazarene in Michigan discovered local resettlement agencies were placing refugees in apartment buildings near the church, they knew God was calling them to serve their new neighbors. The church created Community Link, a ministry that provides

Church of the Nazarene Africa leaders recently visited several communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Idai and found something they were not expecting: joy and trust. The storm made landfall in March , bringing heavy rain and causing severe flooding in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. Many

Ricareda “Rica” Verceles Valuenzuela, the first woman to be ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines, passed away 21 August at the age of 81. Born on 18 April 1938, Ricareda Verceles was the daughter of the late Francisco T. and Adriana O. Verceles. She was raised in a strict Roman

Hundreds of youth from Peru's Andean, Utcubamba, North, and Northeast districts gathered this month in two camps. The first camp, held 1-3 August, was attended by more than 600 youth from the Peru Andean District. Pastors William Diaz Barboza, Atilano Bustamante, and Flor Vasquez Barboza preached

Bitan*, a 10-year-old boy in Bangladesh, dreamed of being a police officer when he grew up. That dream seemed impossible due to his family’s poverty, but Bitan has new hope for his future thanks to Nazarene children around the world who gave to the Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries’ Kids

Nearly 80 children gathered for Morne Venté Church of the Nazarene's Vacation Bible School, “The Mystery of the Universe.” The weeklong event included biblical and missionary stories, a service project, songs, and challenges. The children learned about God as the Creator, the need to know Him and

The Church of the Nazarene in Cuba recently held camps for pastors' children on both districts. The Eastern District was divided into two groups. The first group met in Holguin where Regional Family Care Ministry Coordinators Irene and Miguel Garita shared the theme “Equipping for Life” with the aim

Nearly 7,000 church members from all 105 churches on Guatemala's Verapaz North District came together 18 August to celebrate the baptism of 670 people. Starting out from their different locations in the early hours of the morning, the church members journeyed with their baptism candidates to the El

More than 270 people have been killed by flooding in India in the last month, and 1 million people are displaced. In the southern state of Kerala, the heavy rainfall that caused the flooding also triggered dozens of landslides , killing at least 95 people. While the floods initially caused

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 19-23 August 2019. C. Marselle Knight , 94, of Georgetown, Texas, passed away 17 August. He was a retired minister, educator, and district superintendent, serving in