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“Church of the Nazarene? Never heard of it. What kind of church are you? How are you different from other denominations?” Many Nazarenes know what it is like to be asked these questions by friends and acquaintances who are curious about what kind of church they belong to. People often want to know

The Sheffield Church of the Nazarene is in the Heeley suburb, about one mile (1.5 kilometers) from the Sheffield city centre, in England. It was established 35 years ago and has always been at the heart of the local community with activities for all ages. I recently retired as the church’s pastor,

The project planned for the Work & Witness teams wasn’t ready. The Sofia Ministry Center in Bulgaria had suffered repeated delays in construction. As the dates loomed for the arrival of the combined team of Nazarenes from the church in Kosova and a church in Massachusetts, USA, the groups were urged

For Johannes Orsoe, the roar of a Harley signals the opportunity to contact another soul for Christ. Johannes, or “Johs,” as his friends call him, gave his life to the Lord while touring the United States in 1980. In a van parked at the Flagstaff Church of the Nazarene in Arizona, he surrendered to

In 1998 and 1999, a brutal civil war in the Balkan Peninsula led to an expulsion of Kosovar Albanians who found themselves as refugees, their homes destroyed. Imir Gashi is one of those former refugees. As a teenager, he found safety in Albania before being able to return home a few months later. It

It is estimated that 850,000 people in the United Kingdom currently live with dementia. Facing the daily reality of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease is emotionally, mentally, and physically taxing for carers. For many churches and their congregations, it can be difficult to know how to help these

Recent global events remind us yet again that our world continues to be divided by many political, ethnic, racial, and cultural issues. Horrific violence in places such as the Middle East, Belgium, Bangladesh, Turkey, and Louisiana, Minnesota, Florida, and Texas, USA, cast images of hatred that

Natalia* held her 6-year-old, Sergey*, in her arms as he was dying. Suffering from severe asthma, he had seen many doctors who had been unable to help. The medicines they prescribed did not work. During this most severe attack, the family called an ambulance, but in their city in Central Asia it

When Pastor Derrick Thames stood before his congregation at Erskine Church of the Nazarene several years ago and cast a vision for the church to serve the community, he threw out ideas: people could donate clothes, food, maybe cars. “Or, even a house!” he joked. Shortly after, a woman with roots in

Hope of finding landslide survivors was fading as the heavy rains that have pounded the central Sri Lankan region of Kegalla since mid-May continued hampering rescue efforts. Local Nazarenes were undeterred, stepping forward through NCM Lanka in mid-June to help people identified in secondary data