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Like many young professionals, Dumisani Mavuso moved to the city of Ermelo, South Africa, for work. He's a processing specialist at a chrome mining company, and his wife, Thulile, is a unit controller at Eskom, a power company. Ermelo, a city of more than 40,000 people, is known for its mining and

Alex Mkandawire unloads supplies from Nazarene Compassionate Ministries to those affected by the heavy flooding in Malawi. (February 17, 2015) I was heartbroken to hear about the death of Alex Mkandawire, the Nazarene Compassionate Ministries coordinator for Malawi. He had been in the hospital with

As lead pastor of the University Church of the Nazarene at Africa Nazarene University (ANU) in Nairobi, Kenya, Gift Mtukwa receives visits from many people in the church and the surrounding community who hope the church will give them something. “Every Sunday I would leave the pulpit and people

Dozens of Nazarenes in Burundi fled the country because of political unrest. Nazarene missionaries temporarily left the area. Other church members and residents are staying in their homes for fear of facing violence on the streets. They are too afraid to go to work and are running low on food, said

Rev. Nguth (center) gathers with brothers and sisters and a new refugee settlement in Ethiopia in January. (Photos: John Yual Nguth) Thousands of people have fled from heavy fighting and food shortages in South Sudan to seek safety in neighboring countries. John Yual Nguth, the Nazarene mission

More than 20 people attended a recent Nazarene Missions Orientation in Kenya. (Photo by David Cooper) Around the world, almost three-quarters of the roughly 700 Nazarene missionaries are from the U.S. But the trend is shifting, and other world regions are expanding efforts to equip and send those

In January, Africa South Field Strategy Coordinator Mashangu Maluleka stumbled across a church project that inspired him. While driving through Swaziland, he noticed a church that was under construction. People were hard at work in the scorching sun, he said. He saw a sign for a Nazarene primary

Lucie and her husband, Elysee. Lucie Nzayisenga, a pastor in Malawi, shares her personal testimony. I was born in Rwanda from a churchgoers’ family, but both parents were in different denominations — my father was in one denomination and my mother was in another. As children we were following our

Joseph Toguyera, a longtime pastor on the France District, became the first non-missionary last month to be appointed district superintendent. Ordained in 1995, Joseph has served as pastor of the Paris I Church of the Nazarene for many years, was part of Nazarene Missions International, and planted

The Nazarene church is supporting children in Sierra Leone (pictured) and Liberia who have lost their parents to Ebola. (Photos by Vidal Cole) The Ebola outbreak left thousands of orphans who are now trying to navigate life without their parents. Nazarene churches in two of the most affected