Elizabeth “Beth” Merki, 88, of Millville, New Jersey, passed away 29 June 2021. She served as a missionary for 32 years in South Africa, Swaziland (now Eswatini), and Papua New Guinea, alongside her late husband, Robert Merki.
Eleanor Drinkwater, 96, of Leesburg, Florida, passed away 30 June 2021. She was a missionary for 21 years, serving in Swaziland (Eswatini) and Malawi alongside her husband, J. Edward Drinkwater.
The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was rocked by a large eruption of the Nyiragongo Volcano on the night of 22 May 2021. Around 400,000 people have evacuated and about 20,000 are homeless.
Mario and Irma Martinez had been faithfully serving the Lord for many years in Argentina when they began to feel restless. They accepted the Lord’s call on their life and established the Church of the Nazarene in Equatorial Guinea.
Nazarene Theological Seminary–Southern Cone recently celebrated the beginnings of a borderless education agreement with the Church of the Nazarene in Equatorial Guinea on the Africa region.
Edna Lochner, 96, of Freeport, Illinois, passed away 9 April 2021. She was a retired missionary who served in Eswatini for 38 years.
The Africa Region has launched a newly designed website and monthly newsletter, Ekhaya. The newsletter, available in English, French, and Portuguese, is intended to share stories of what God is doing in, through, and for the Church of the Nazarene in Africa.
Joshua Kibayu, a pastor in Ogembo, Kenya, took a leap of faith which has resulted in a partnership that provides leadership development, discipleship, and financial support for Kibayu, the Nazarene church in Ogembo, and its orphanage.
The Church of the Nazarene in Nigeria has grown through an emphasis on missions, sharing Christ with others just as the love of Christ was shared with a Nigerian solider many years ago.
The Church of the Nazarene is pleased to announce the launch of its new missionary opportunities page to ensure becoming a missionary is efficient and accessible to all Nazarenes globally.
