{"id":58144,"date":"2025-08-28T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/recordando-a-nicholas-chirwa\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:08:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:08:02","slug":"recordando-a-nicholas-chirwa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/es\/news\/recordando-a-nicholas-chirwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordando a Nicholas Chirwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>La Iglesia del Nazareno de Zambia est\u00e1 de luto por la muerte de Nicholas Chirwa, exsuperintendente de distrito en Zambia. Su ministerio toc\u00f3 innumerables vidas, y su liderazgo dio forma a la iglesia en Zambia durante a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n<p>Chirwa entr\u00f3 en la <a href=\"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/es\/\">Iglesia del Nazareno<\/a> en la d\u00e9cada de 1960, estudiando para convertirse en pastor. Eventualmente, sirvi\u00f3 como el primer superintendente de distrito (SD) nacional. Despu\u00e9s de su jubilaci\u00f3n de la superintendencia, sirvi\u00f3 fielmente como pastor de la Iglesia del Nazareno Kalimansenga durante 30 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n<p>Aquellos que lo conocieron recuerdan no s\u00f3lo su liderazgo; sino su humildad, sabidur\u00eda y profundo amor por el pueblo de Dios.<\/p>\n\n<p>Neld Nkunika, el actual SD del Distrito Zambia Sur, comparti\u00f3 estas palabras en honor a Chirwa:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00abNicholas Chirwa fue uno de los primeros pastores en Zambia. Trabaj\u00f3 estrechamente con Chavunduka (de Zimbabwe), que era el pastor residente de la Iglesia del Nazareno Woodlands en Lusaka. Chirwa pastore\u00f3 las iglesias Chikumbi y Chilenje; y, luego, se convirti\u00f3 en el primer superintendente de distrito nacional\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p>Cuando Chirwa dej\u00f3 su papel como superintendente en 1986, se estableci\u00f3 en un \u00e1rea llamada Kalimansenga en Kasisi. En 1990, comenz\u00f3 una iglesia nazarena all\u00ed, donde sirvi\u00f3 hasta 2020, cuando se jubil\u00f3 por razones de salud.<\/p>\n\n<p>Aunque Chirwa est\u00e1 ahora con el Se\u00f1or en el cielo; las semillas que plant\u00f3 contin\u00faan dando fruto. Las iglesias que pastore\u00f3, los l\u00edderes que capacit\u00f3 y las comunidades a las que sirvi\u00f3 se mantienen como un testimonio duradero de su dedicaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n<p>La Iglesia del Nazareno de Zambia agradece a Dios por la vida de Nicholas Chirwa. Su trabajo est\u00e1 terminado, su carrera est\u00e1 acabada; y ahora, descansa en la presencia del Se\u00f1or a quien sirvi\u00f3 tan fielmente.<\/p>\n\n<p>Iglesia del <a href=\"https:\/\/africanazarene.org\/news\/\">Nazareno Regi\u00f3n \u00c1frica.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Iglesia del Nazareno de Zambia est\u00e1 de luto por la muerte de Nicholas Chirwa, exsuperintendente de distrito en Zambia. Su ministerio toc\u00f3 innumerables vidas, y su liderazgo dio forma a la iglesia en Zambia durante a\u00f1os. Chirwa entr\u00f3 en la Iglesia del Nazareno en la d\u00e9cada de 1960, estudiando para convertirse en pastor. 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