Benin Nazarenes celebrate 18 baptisms on Easter
The Benin-Okpara District of the Church of the Nazarene experienced a powerful moment of spiritual revival through the organisation during a 21-day fasting and prayer programme in the Borgou-Alibori area. Under the theme “Building a Strong Church,” based on the passage of Ecclesiastes 4:12, this initiative aimed to strengthen the unity and commitment of the […]
Aweis Ali appointed Horn of Africa Field strategy coordinator
The Africa Region Church of the Nazarene is celebrating the appointment of Aweis Ali as the field strategy coordinator for the newly restructured Horn of Africa Field (HOAF), effective immediately. A Somali-born leader with a strong commitment to evangelism and leadership growth, Ali brings decades of ministry experience. Ali became a Christian in Mogadishu, Somalia, […]
Celebrating the life, ministry of Connie MacKenzie
Constance “Connie” MacKenzie, 81, of Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away 25 March 2026. She was a missionary who served in South Africa and Belize. Connie will be remembered as a faithful servant of God, a pioneer in missionary service, and a woman whose life bore witness to perseverance, joy, and unwavering devotion. She holds the […]
Flags of the Nations: Guinea Conakry
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 […]
Flags of the Nations: Guinea-Bissau
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 […]
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 […]