Jim naci\u00f3 el 5 de septiembre de 1937. Era hijo de Donald y Della Diehl de Des Moines, Iowa.<\/a> Creci\u00f3 asistiendo a la Primera Iglesia del Nazareno Des Moines. Se cas\u00f3 con su novia de la escuela secundaria, Dorothy Ann Stanley; y la pareja se mud\u00f3 a Bourbonnais, Illinois, para asistir a Olivet Nazarene University, una respuesta al llamado de Dios al ministerio pastoral de tiempo completo en la vida de Jim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDespu\u00e9s de graduarse, Jim pastore\u00f3 m\u00faltiples iglesias en Iowa: la Iglesia del Nazareno Muscatine (1959-1962); la Iglesia del Nazareno Indianola (1962-1967); y la Iglesia del Nazareno Oskaloosa (1967-1973). Despu\u00e9s de un per\u00edodo de servir como asistente del presidente de MidAmerica Nazarene University, se sinti\u00f3 guiado a reducir los viajes para estar en casa con su familia. Acept\u00f3 el llamado a pastorear la Primera Iglesia del Nazareno Atlanta en 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cinco a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, Diehl fue llamado a liderar el Distrito Nebraska como superintendente. M\u00e1s tarde, fue llamado a liderar el Distrito Colorado. Cuatro a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s de su superintendencia en Colorado, mientras lideraba la b\u00fasqueda pastoral para la Primera Iglesia del Nazareno Denver, respondi\u00f3 al llamado de la iglesia a ser su pastor y regresar al ministerio de la iglesia local.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Luego, en la Asamblea General y Convenciones de 1993, en Indian\u00e1polis, Indiana, James H. Diehl fue elegido superintendente general en la Iglesia del Nazareno. Durante 16 a\u00f1os, Jim viaj\u00f3 por el mundo predicando y proporcionando liderazgo en la Iglesia del Nazareno. Se jubil\u00f3 y se le otorg\u00f3 el estatus de em\u00e9rito en la Asamblea General y Convenciones de 2009 en Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En su jubilaci\u00f3n, continu\u00f3 ministrando, ya sea a trav\u00e9s de las redes sociales creando una serie de videos devocionales, o incluso hablando en las iglesias, en avivamientos y reuniones de campamento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jim fue precedido en la muerte por su esposa, Dorothy Diehl<\/a>, que falleci\u00f3 en 2021, y su hijo menor, David, que falleci\u00f3 en 2008 despu\u00e9s de una batalla contra el c\u00e1ncer. Le sobreviven sus hermanas, Donnal Carlson, Dorothy Crnelison y Kathy Crichton; su hermano, Rich Diehl; su hija Jodi Gitt; sus hijos, Jim y Don Diehl; su nuera Lori; y siete nietos y 14 bisnietos.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUna celebraci\u00f3n de la vida se llevar\u00e1 a cabo el 8 de noviembre de 2025, en la Iglesia del Nazareno Lakewood en Colorado, a las 11 a. m. hora local. El velorio junto con la familia Diehl comenzar\u00e1 a las 9:30 a. m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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James H. Diehl, de 88 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 el domingo 2 de noviembre de 2025. Era un superintendente general em\u00e9rito, superintendente de distrito y ministro. \u00abEl Dr. Diehl era un ejemplo vivo de un siervo semejante a Cristo\u00bb, dijo el presidente de la Junta de Superintendentes Generales, Gustavo Crocker. \u00abAquellos de nosotros que servimos bajo su […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":62941,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news-categories":[],"news-region-taxonomy":[],"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-62940","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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