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Not too many years ago, one of the major tasks of the missions pastor (or missions committee) of a local church was to find as many ways as possible to tell the story of the church’s missionaries. We wanted people to know who our missionaries were, where they were working, how many new believers

It’s been 45 years since I sat in missions classes under Paul Orjala. Notwithstanding all the time that has gone by, one Orjala phrase – “infinitely reproducible” – still rings in my ears. Orjala, pioneer Nazarene missionary to Haiti, urged future missionaries to use infinitely reproducible as one

The room was filled with many South Asian leaders, waiting for one of their number to give the morning’s devotional message about the third core value of the Church of the Nazarene: We are a missional people. Many times have I heard and given rousing messages — meant to impress those who listen —

When believers from one culture introduce the “unchanging gospel” to people of another culture, how do they keep the Good News from being dismissed as a foreign import? The short answer is one word: Contextualization. When Christianity moves from one culture to another, there is danger that it will

It’s a school unlike any I have ever seen. Take, for instance, math class. For many kids worldwide, math is quite possibly the most boring subject ever invented. But math can be loads of fun! One day, the kids of grade 4 walk up the stairs with huge rulers and set squares to practice measurements;

A JESUS Film Harvest Partners team recently traveled to one of the most remote regions of Costa Rica to premiere the JESUS film to the Cabécar people, a group who only in the last 24 years has had the New Testament translated in their language. The film was a two-year effort. Villagers of all ages

Located in downtown Los Angeles, California, Skid Row is home to 15,000 people. Ten thousand are part of the low-income sector, and 6,000 are either homeless or in rescue missions (according to City Data). The area is occasionally known as a party center, which brings substance abuse and petty crime

In addition to making Christlike disciples, Trinity Church of the Nazarene aspires to provide livelihood opportunities for its members. The church, in partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries , recently launched a tailoring training program for young women. The training began 13 April with

Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene is looking to resurrect a very special bus that helped the church reach youth in need of spiritual development. The church at 4400 Northwest Expressway has a spiritual heritage that touched the lives of thousands of young people in Oklahoma City from the

Chile faces frequent natural disasters because of seismic and volcanic activity. These include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and mega-fires. In 2010, a violent earthquake triggered several tsunamis, and in 2014 the country experienced a string of more than 300 earthquakes in one week.