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Paulistano District hosts training event for youth called to missions

More than 100 students attended the seventh annual Teen Missions School, a training program for youth and adolescents who feel a call to missions. The 15-day program, held 16-28 July in São Paulo, Brazil, taught the participants about holiness, devotional life, discipleship, and what it means to be
30 Aug 2018
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International librarians establish library at NTC-Auckland

For nearly three years, Nazarene Theological College has flourished on its Auckland, New Zealand, campus, but something was missing – a library. Lon Dagley, a computer services librarian from MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas, USA, partnered with NTC-Auckland in gathering books from
29 Aug 2018
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Venezuela organizes 60 VBS camps amid economic crisis

Churches across Venezuela are continuing to reach out to their communities despite the current economic crisis . At least 60 Vacation Bible Schools representing 75 percent of the country’s organized churches have been planned through September. Many residents have emigrated from the country in
28 Aug 2018
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Guyana volunteers reach communities, assist churches

A team of 16 people from the Guyana Demerara-Essequibo District led by Nazarene Missions International District President Augustus Andrews and District Superintendent R. Alphonso Porter traveled 11-17 August to Linden, Guyana, for a missions trip. The group began their trip by worshipping with four
28 Aug 2018
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Oregon church builds tiny home village for homeless community

Portland Central Church of the Nazarene is taking Jesus’ command to “love your neighbor” to a whole new level. A few years ago the church began searching for a better way to serve the homeless community in their city. After a lot of time, preparation, and collaboration with other local churches and
23 Aug 2018
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Work & Witness team serves Philippine college through renovation, teaching

A Work & Witness team from the Upstate New York District, USA, volunteered at the Visayan Nazarene Bible College campus in Cebu City, Philippines, by renovating dorms and classrooms and working on the property 6-16 July. “My favorite part was working on the site, shoveling gravel and sand into the
21 Aug 2018
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Volunteers reach Panama communities through service

More than 60 volunteers from Panama and the Kansas District, USA, worked together 27-29 July with Genesis missionaries in Panama City. On the first day, the team worked alongside missionaries Keila Molina and Joselyn Garcia in the Carrasquilla community by painting, cleaning, repairing, and mowing
21 Aug 2018
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Congregation’s call to missions leads to new churches in Armenia

Hamlet Mkrtchyan had been leading the Nazarene group that he planted in Maralik, Armenia, for 10 years when he realized he had become too comfortable. “If the church where I’m pastoring is an alive church, it must have some fruits,” Hamlet said. “This church needs to be a mother church and have some
15 Aug 2018
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Former missionary Peter Burkhart passes away

Retired missionary Pete Burkhart passed away 1 August at age 91. He and wife, Meryle, served as missionaries in Guyana and the Philippines in addition to pastoring in Washington and Idaho, USA. Meryle (Carrier) Burkhart passed away in April 2017. In January 1962, Peter and Meryle solidified their
02 Aug 2018
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Nazarene generosity leads to key resources in Russian

Until only a couple of years ago, there were no Wesleyan academic commentaries available in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a confederation of 15 Eurasian countries that are part of the former Soviet Union. Global Missions Director Verne Ward presents General Superintendent (and former
13 Jul 2018
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