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India’s Kerala state experienced its worst flood in a century after monsoon storms dumped more than a year’s worth of rain on the area in just a few short weeks. More than 400 were killed in the floods, and more than one million people fled to relief camps . “Dams and water reservoirs became full,”

Twenty-four participants representing 10 different language groups from India gathered 25-29 June in Bangalore, India, for a Manual Translation Summit to work together on translating the Church of the Nazarene denomination’s identity document, the Manual . Although the Church of the Nazarene in

While visiting the north Indian slums of Patiala to minister to the local impoverished garbage-pickers, Sulochana Singh saw something that broke her heart: a small baby girl lying on a cot with thousands of bees swarming over her nearly lifeless, skeletal body. The baby was malnourished to the point

In a small village in central India, Maniram spent every day learning how to earn a living as a witch doctor. One day he and his wife, Babita, visited Mithun, the son of a witch doctor, in the nearby city of Jalgaon. Mithun and his wife, Radha, were very hospitable people. While talking with the

G. Jayasingh of Nambiyur, India, passed away 23 January at the age of 53. Jayasingh was ordained on the Western Tamilnadu District and was the pastor of Nambiyur Shalom Church of the Nazarene. He is survived by his wife, S. Saral Shanthakumari, who is a soon-to-be retired school teacher. They have

After completing her bachelor’s degree and martial arts training in 2015, Ranjita began to give martial arts classes for the girls in nearby hostels and schools. Life was much settled in routines — until one day something happened that shook her whole life and brought her to a point where she lost

Sudhir had just finished his junior college in Chandikapur, India, and was thinking about how to earn an income. Since he was the oldest son, he felt the responsibility to provide for his family. But Sudhir had a problem. He was born with a disability: his arms were shorter than average and they

Pratima, a beautician by profession, lives in the state of Maharashtra, India. Her husband, Prashant, is a businessman and her two children, Levi and Silvi, are completing their graduate studies. Pratima's family is a devoted Christian family with a strong sense and availability to serve the Church

The summer of 2017 has had more than its share of natural disasters: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, earthquakes in Mexico, mudslides in Sierra Leone, floods in India and Bangladesh, unprecedented property damage, and an ongoing loss of life. Human migration, driven by war, disease, disaster,

Nazarenes provide disaster aid in Bangladesh Extraordinarily heavy monsoon rains have devastated areas in South Asia recently, including Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. More than 1,200 people have died in the floods — including many children — and more than 40 million people have been affected.