Nazarene couples in Madagascar grow in holiness
Couples from around the Antananarivo area of Madagascar gathered for the fourth annual couples’ seminar held 14 February 2026. The 250 attendees—a record-breaking number—learned how they can “Grow in Holiness” together. The seminar was based on the Bible passage of Jude 20, “But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in […]
Flags of the Nations: Ghana
Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The […]
Sierra Leone youth bring awareness to drug epidemic
Overcomers Assembly Church of the Nazarene in Freetown, Sierra Leone, hosted a roundtable discussion about the scourge of drugs on their community and country in early January. Hosted by the Sierra Leone Nazarene Youth International (NYI), the event was an opportunity for the young people to invite their community—where people are either battling drug addiction […]
JESUS Film helps bring restoration to refugee camp church
At the beginning of the year, Liep Thiyang, a young JESUS Film leader from Uganda, travelled to the northwestern part of the country to visit the largest refugee settlement, inhabited mainly by South Sudanese refugees. The journey took about nine hours by bus, followed by another 45 kilometres from the small city of Arua to Rhino Camp […]
South Africa Child Development Centre serves families on Christmas day
On Christmas Day, the Parsonsvlei Child Development Centre (CDC), located in the suburbs of Gqeberha, South Africa, hosted a Christmas service for 83 people, sharing the good news of Jesus’ birth with the children and families who frequent the CDC. Several children and their parents took this opportunity to rededicate their lives to Christ. Garland […]
Flags of the Nations: Equatorial Guinea
Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The […]
Transformed through the JESUS film, a testimony
During a JESUS film night in Liberia, a young man named Francis Dukuly rushed forward, crying and pleading with God for forgiveness. The following is Dukuly’s testimony: “My name is Francis Dukuly. I was only 13 years old when I lost my parents during the civil war in Liberia in 1990. I watched in horror […]
Flags of the nations: Zimbabwe
Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The […]
Bible quizzing bolsters children’s discipleship in South Africa
The Church of the Nazarene in South Africa has continued to emphasize Children’s Bible Quizzing for the last 40 years, specifically in the RSA Gauteng District. The seed was planted in 1985, when Elaine Hamilton of Horizon Church of the Nazarene in South Africa learned about Bible quizzing from an American. The idea took root […]
Flags of the Nations: Zambia
Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The […]