Celebrating the life and ministry of Russell Human
Russell Human, 86, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away 16 October 2021. He was a retired minister, missionary, and district superintendent, who served the Church of the Nazarene for nearly 50 years.
Russell Human, 86, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away 16 October 2021. He was a retired minister, missionary, and district superintendent, who served the Church of the Nazarene for nearly 50 years.
Nazarene Children for Christ Ministries for East Africa, a discipleship ministry that works in six countries, is using social media and messaging applications to continue teaching children throughout the pandemic.
The Africa Region announced the appointment of Solomon Ndlovu as field strategy coordinator for the Africa South Field, effective 1 July 2021.
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.