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Liberia pastor reaches tens of thousands

Tee Latahn, a Nazarene pastor, school director, and radio host, lives in Karnplay, Liberia. He is from the Dan people group and speaks the Dan language. His congregation also speaks Dan, as do 5,000 Nazarenes on his district, plus an estimated 60,000 to 70,000 people in Liberia, and more outside of
28 Jul 2016
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Africa Region requests continued prayer for South Sudan

A South Sudan child prays for peace. John Yual Nguth, a Church of the Nazarene missionary on the Africa East Field, recently provided an update on the situation in South Sudan. "We have been praying for South Sudan for three years, since civil war broke out in December 2013," he said. "There has
19 Jul 2016
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Zimbabwe pastor begins farming initiative to help hospitals

In Zimbabwe's Gweru Province, times are tough. Southern Africa experienced a severe drought this past summer, and the Gweru Province is no different. Food instability caused by the drought has affected the provincial hospital's ability to feed its patients. Pastor Noah Sibanda from Gweru on the
15 Jun 2016
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Gambella violence affects Nazarene church members

Children from the Church of the Nazarene's Gambella district pose for a photo (Katy Rodebush photo). More than 200 people are dead and at least 145 children were abducted during an April 15 raid in the Gambella province of Ethiopia. Many of the victims are Nazarenes. Gambella is home to one of the
02 Jun 2016
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Former missionary Faye Riley remembered

Retired missionary Loretta Faye (Allen) Riley passed away May 2. She was 80. Faye was born in Stacy Fork, Kentucky, February 8, 1936. She was a graduate of Mount Carmel High School and Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Alton Memorial Hospital, Greenville College, and Indiana University. During her
06 May 2016
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Pastor requests prayer after hundreds killed in South Sudan

CTV News photo Stephen, pastor of the South Sudan Church of the Nazarene in Mount Waverley, Australia, recently returned from a trip to South Sudan, where he found that as many as 208 of the Australia church member's family and friends have been killed. Additionally, another 102 are still missing
28 Apr 2016
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Malawi churches gather for celebration despite drought

Each year, churches across Malawi gather for Easter celebrations, and this year was no exception despite the region's unprecedented drought throughout the 2015-2016 growing season. The Malawi South District based its Easter Conference, held 25 to 27 March at Bangwe Church of the Nazarene, on John
20 Apr 2016
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Africa Region announces new education coordinator

Gabriel and Mary Benjiman Africa Regional Director Filimao Chambo announced the appointment of Gabriel J. Benjiman as coordinator for Education and Clergy Development effective June 1. He replaces Greg Crofford, who accepted a teaching position at Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi, Kenya.
14 Apr 2016
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Africa Nazarene University students reach top 10 in Hult Prize competition

A team of four students from Africa Nazarene University traveled to Dubai last month to compete in the Bill Clinton Hult Prize regional finals . The team, called Taka Smart ("smart waste"), was chosen after winning the intracampus quarterfinals competition, hosted on the university's main campus
14 Apr 2016
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After Ebola: A volunteer's perspective

Liberia Monrovia District Superintendent Daniel Johnson takes a photo with a family of Ebola survivors. Ronny Beech, a Mission Corps volunteer serving at the Africa Regional Office, recently traveled across the Africa West Field to collect stories from areas ravaged by the Ebola virus. "During the
14 Apr 2016
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