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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received December 12-16, 2016. Judith (Kahoe) Belew , 72, of Wichita, Kansas, passed away December 2. She was the widow of retired minister Larry Belew, who served in Kansas

Steven Stone, pastor of the Hayesville, North Carolina, Church of the Nazarene, passed away unexpectedly December 5. He was 51. Born December 20, 1964, in San Diego, California, he was the son of Henry and Evelyn (Behm) Stone. Steve began pastoring in 1990 at Apple Valley Church of the Nazarene in

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received December 5-9, 2016. Judith Dixon , 57, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away December 5. She was an associate pastor, serving at Bethany, Oklahoma, First Church of the

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 28 - December 2, 2016. Larry Allen , 64, of Mowrystown, Ohio, passed away November 29. He was a minister, serving at Sardinia, Ohio, Church of the Nazarene.

Larry Allen, pastor of the Sardinia, Ohio, Church of the Nazarene, passed away November 29. He was 64. Born June 29, 1952, in Cabin Creek, Kentucky, he was the son of Nelson and Opal (Applegate) Allen. Larry earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Vernon Nazarene College (now University) in 1977. Later

Baru Dirye, national health secretary for Nazarene Health Ministries in Papua New Guinea, passed away November 24 after a short battle with cancer. "Baru has motivated disciples to lead, started church plants, and guided hundreds to Christ," said Ingrid Kiper, a missionary to the Philippines. "He

Graeme Sheppard, 63, passed away 22 November after a three-year battle with cancer. Sheppard was a longtime lay leader on the Australia-New Zealand Field, serving as Work & Witness coordinator and a member of the Australia North & West District Advisory Board and the Missional Leadership Team. "Our

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 21-25, 2016. Thelma Bartz , 86, of Helena, Montana, passed away November 20. She was the widow of retired minister N. James Bartz, who served in Montana,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 14-18, 2016. Richard Frye , 80, of Morrow, Ohio, passed away November 15. He was a retired minister, serving in Ohio. He is survived by his wife, Carol Frye.

Beverlee "Bev" Borbe, 87, passed away November 12 in Santa Rosa, California. She was a retired educator and a longtime leader for Nazarene Missions International. She and her husband, Richard, celebrated 67 years of marriage in August. Bev attended Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene