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In the past 21 years, the Church of the Nazarene in Bangladesh has grown to more than 3,000 local churches. The expansive growth of new believers and new congregations, as well as extensive church-led ministries within communities, took place under the guidance of trusted local Nazarene pastors and

Retired missionary Gordon Johnston passed away May 27. He was 77. Gordon and his wife, Pat, served the Church of the Nazarene in missions for 34 years in Lebanon, Jordan, and Papua New Guinea before retiring in June 2003. Gordon was an ordained minister, holding a bachelor’s degree from Pasadena

The youth of Al Ashrafieh Church of the Nazarene in Amman, Jordan, wrote, directed, and starred in a drama about love, performing it for a packed house of 600 people at a rented venue 29 April. The play, titled “The Pride of the Story,” depicted a conflict between love and pride in which an atheist

How do we decide it’s time to act? When is the moment we step out in faith in a new direction, and how do we know it will be worthwhile? And what if we fail? Clive Tutty, pastor of the Uddingston Church of the Nazarene just outside of Glasgow, Scotland, recently took a step out in faith with his

The Church of the Nazarene in Amersfoort, Netherlands, has responded creatively to the good “problem” of growing too large for its original church meeting place: Last September, the congregation established two additional locations in other parts of the city. In Trinitarian language, the church is

When it comes to modern audiences, short and powerful pieces maintain attention. For Ayman Kafrouny and his wife, Grace, keeping this year’s Arabic Easter television programs brief was essential in their efforts to share the gospel. Kafrouny, a well-known secular Lebanese vocalist, left his

At age 27, Ergest Biti is the youngest pastor in Albania’s evangelical community. This January he was elected general secretary of the Evangelical Alliance for the Albanian Church by his colleagues, fulfilling a dream given to an elderly lady in the church where Biti became a believer years ago. She

Ilse was reluctant to visit the new Nazarene church near her home even though her social worker thought it would be good for her. The 70-year-old Dutch woman had recently divorced from her husband of 39 years and her son’s family lives in England. Now she resides alone. Ilse suffered with depression

Brandon Sipes of Nazarene Compassionate Ministries, Inc. facilitated the meeting. The refugee situation that has brought more than a million displaced people to the shore of the European Union also brought together 11 Nazarene leaders from the Northern Europe and Central Europe fields April 1 in

Josh and Shannon Herndon, missionaries in Spain, recently partnered with a Work & Witness team from the U.S. to lead baseball ministry for the children of Illescas, where the Herndons live and minister. Because baseball is not widely available in Spain, it has proved a popular way to build