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Sometimes, a plan makes all the difference. For more than 2,000 years, followers of Jesus Christ have been telling others about Him, organizing groups of new believers to worship and study the Bible, and training those to go out and tell others, thus spreading the Christian faith around the world.

December 25, 1864. The son of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had recently been wounded in the American Civil War, Longfellow’s wife had been killed in an accidental fire, and it seemed as though the war would never end. Upon hearing the bells ring that Christmas day, Longfellow was

“‘ Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh.’ . . . But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord .” -- Jonah 1:2-3 What do believers generally think we should learn from Jonah’s story? The takeaway I hear mentioned most often is: “Obey God.” I’ve heard missions

Once in a while, someone reflecting on Jesus’ words “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19-20) has concluded that this command applies only to those who were face-to-face with Jesus at the time He gave it. That, for instance, is what some leaders of the Reformation believed and taught

U.S. President Barack Obama announced that he supports gay marriage in a May interview with ABC correspondent Robin Roberts. "It is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married," he said. The statement makes Obama the first U.S. president to

To Nazarenes around the world: Throughout our history of over 100 years, Nazarenes have been making Christlike disciples in the nations by means of sacrificial giving. These offerings have always been a response of gratitude to God for His faithfulness. In fact, long before it became the theme of

The Board of General Superintendents has officially endorsed Prison Fellowship and the Angel Tree program as a ministry partnership with the Church of the Nazarene. Angel Tree is a program of Prison Fellowship, the nation’s largest outreach to prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families. It is also

At its most recent meeting, the Board of General Superintendents received a report reviewing the involvement of many local Churches of the Nazarene in the Angel Tree ministry. This ministry was developed by Prison Fellowship, an organization founded by the late Charles Colson with a vision “to

Just prior to His ascension, Jesus talked about the Holy Spirit coming upon His followers. Then, He said to them, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth ” (Acts 1:8). For most of us, these words seem parallel to those of the Great

The Church of the Nazarene’s Board of General Superintendents and Nazarene Missions International launched a new initiative recently called Prayer with Fasting. “The BGS determined some time ago that we need to place a strong emphasis on prayer with fasting throughout the Church of the Nazarene,”