Stranded: Missionary finds peace, purpose in waiting
When a missionary to the Middle East became stranded in Argentina, she began to question where God was taking her. But soon, she realized she was not alone.
When a missionary to the Middle East became stranded in Argentina, she began to question where God was taking her. But soon, she realized she was not alone.
The Board of General Superintendents has elected Scotland native Jim Ritchie to the position of Eurasia regional director, effective 19 October 2020. Ritchie succeeds Arthur Snijders, who served as regional director for more than six years.
A Nazarene church in Albania worships in a space bought with Alabaster Offering funds. Today, that church gives above and beyond to the fund out of gratitude.
A church plant in England is meeting for hiking in the Peak District, a national park, using the outdoors as a way to connect with the Lord.
Lena, Nidal, and their son Rafi escaped war-torn Syria with hopes of immigrating to Germany. After stopping in Poland, they found a home there, and Rafi’s call to ministry became clear to him. Lena and Rafi have now started two Arabic-speaking churches in Poland.
When Lena, Nidal, and Rafi fled from war-torn Syria to Poland, they didn’t expect to stay there for very long. Now, they understand that Poland is right where God wants them.
For six years, Clare McMullan has taught chair-based exercises to elderly people and those who are too frail for regular exercising. But when the pandemic required vulnerable people, including the elderly, to stay at home, McMullan moved the exercise lessons to the Morley Church of the Nazarene’s Facebook page.
La Puerta Iglesia del Nazareno in Seville, Spain, has been gathering people online twice a day for devotions, worship, prayer, and short sermons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Nepal, the local Church of the Nazarene is doing something a little different: they’re planting trees. In fact, they’ve planted about 3,300 of them over the last four years.
More than 100 people in Germany, Spain, Lebanon, and the United States walked, ran, or jogged (and one person cycled) in an annual jog-a-thon that has so far raised more than 8,000 euro for Nazarene Evangelical School in Beirut, Lebanon.