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General Superintendent Filimão Chambo announced the appointment of Mark Bane as interim superintendent of the New Mexico District . Bane will fill the position formerly held by J. Fred Huff, who resigned in order to take on another role. Bane will assume his new position 1 January 2019 and will

When Greg Tinker became pastor of Saragossa Church of the Nazarene 18 years ago, he asked for what would have been his salary to be given to missions. "Our goal became from the very beginning to give away half of whatever came in — to be mission minded and give to others," Tinker said. Because of

General Secretary David P. Wilson and Nazarene Research Services released the annual Church of the Nazarene statistical reports for 2018. These detailed reports documenting the missional activities of the denomination on a global scale show growth for the Church of the Nazarene over the statistical

Retired pastor and missionary Ernest Eades passed away 21 November. He was 99. Ernest Eades was born 27 October 1919 in London, England. He met his first wife, Jessie Munn, at the Emmanuel Bible College in Birkenhead, England, where they both graduated from in 1940. They were married in 1942, and

While there will be no staff at the Church of the Nazarene Global Ministry Center Monday, 24 December 2017, through Tuesday, 1 January 2019, if an emergency need arises for communication of information during the Christmas holidays, please leave a voicemail message at the following number: 913-577

Carla Taela dreamed of ministering in England. Now that she is serving in Birmingham, the reality is different from the way she imagined it, but she sees God in it. Originally from Portugal, Carla and her husband, Flavio, were involved with the district’s Con Café coffee shop ministry in Lisbon when

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 3-7 December 2018. Velma (Blake) Cotton , 93, of Lufkin, Texas, passed away 26 November. She was the widow of retired minister and evangelist R. Earl Cotton, who

In a church building in the heart of Monrovia, Liberia, a small group of women gathered over the course of a few days to talk about their hopes for themselves and the other women in their neighborhoods. The phrase they repeated over and over was “become somebody.” They wanted to have the opportunity

For more than 39 seasons, Ralph “Tres” Hodge manned the sidelines as the head coach of the Olivet Tiger men’s basketball team. He passed away on 29 November at the age of 65. “Ralph Hodge influenced not only hundreds of Tiger athletes and staff members but also NAIA and CCAC coaches and teams, by

The Board of General Superintendents recently appointed the first-ever superintendent for Jiwaka North District in Papua New Guinea. Philip Nolie, who served as pastor of Kudjip Station Nazarene Emmanuel Church since 2010, was appointed 26 October. The Jiwaka North District has more than 2,000