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General Superintendent David W. Graves announced the election of Jim C. Bond as the new superintendent of the Kansas District. Bond currently pastors the Junction City First Church of the Nazarene . He succeeds Edmond P. Nash, who is retiring after 21 years in the position. Elected on the fourth

Roy Flowers, an associate pastor at the Damascus, Maryland, Church of the Nazarene, was found dead in his car on June 9 after going missing two days earlier. Flowers, 56, was last seen around noon by his family on June 7 when he left his home to go to the store. According to WNEW, police and family

Hoosier hospitality will welcome global Nazarenes to Indiana once again. The General Assembly Site Commission unanimously chose Indianapolis, Indiana, as the site of the Church of the Nazarene's next General Assembly. The host city was announced in January, and the dates were recently finalized. The

A series of tornadoes tore through parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas late Sunday evening. At least 17 people were reported dead, with many more injured and entire neighborhoods destroyed. The first twister created an 80-mile path of destruction, starting about 10 miles west of Little Rock,

The Board of General Superintendents announced on Thursday that Rick D. Power was elected Hawaii Pacific district superintendent. With General Superintendent David A. Busic presiding, Power was elected on the sixth ballot. His new assignment is effective 30 days after the election. Power follows

Janelle (Zurcher) Fosnaugh, a former Nazarene missionary, was killed in a car crash on March 31. She was 52. Fosnaugh was driving west on 109th Avenue in Crown Point, Indiana, when a driver heading east crossed the center line and hit her car. The NWI Times reported Fosnaugh's car landed on its roof

The Forest Home Church of the Nazarene in Jonesboro, Arkansas, was destroyed in a fire early Thursday morning. The fire was reported around 3 a.m. by drivers passing by the church. Jonesboro police at the scene said no one was injured. City Fire Marshal Jason Wills declared the building a total loss

The USA/Canada Regional Office announced last week that Kansas City, Missouri, will host Mission 2015 (M15), the region's mid-quadrennial conference. M15 is the region's largest all-church gathering between general assemblies and will take place February 9 through 11, 2015. The conference theme,

The Southern Florida District returned to Gros-Morne, Haiti, from January 4 through 12 to train local teachers and pastors, complete several construction projects, and oversee a clean water project. Following the devastating Haiti earthquake in 2010, the Southern Florida District established a

The Board of General Superintendents declared March 15, 2014 as the effective date for the 2013-2017 Manual of the Church of the Nazarene . In June, the 2013 General Assembly commissioned a Manual Editing Committee to work on all resolutions which were adopted (or amended and adopted) by the