Costa Rican, American Nazarenes team up for missions trip
Thanks to strong connections built by previous missions trips, Encuentro Ministries joined up with a missions team from Costa Rica in late June to serve
Thanks to strong connections built by previous missions trips, Encuentro Ministries joined up with a missions team from Costa Rica in late June to serve
For six years, Pierre Ernst Jacques’ ordination was put on hold due to civil unrest in his home country of Haiti. However, through an unusual set of circumstances — some tragic — Jacques found himself in the United States for a special remote ordination during this year’s Eastern Kentucky District Assembly.
Jessica Honaker may never have gotten sober if not for the persistence of her pastor, and the people of Corbin Church of the Nazarene. Sober and clean for five years now, Honaker is the treasurer of Hope Place.
Hope Place Church of the Nazarene is reaching the recovery community in Corbin, Kentucky, by demonstrating God’s love in tangible ways. They are currently in the process of opening a sober living house.
Over the course of 48 hours, the Appalachian mountain region of eastern Kentucky received 8-10½ inches of rain, which overwhelmed 20 waterways that span 60 miles, causing massive flooding and impacting more than 100,000 people in multiple counties.
An outbreak of tornadoes plowed through five states on 10 December, killing dozens and leaving thousands without water, heat, or electricity. The First Church of the Nazarene in Mayfield, Kentucky, served as a storm shelter the night of the tornadoes and has since become a Red Cross shelter for residents impacted by the storm.
In this month’s edition of Nazarenes in the News, read about breakthroughs in Malawi, a centennial celebration, a community center in Indiana, chaplains who are new, and chaplains who have been through it all.
When the Kentucky River and its surrounding tributaries were inundated with rain, Appalachia Reach Out coordinated relief efforts for those who were affected by the historic floods.
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Here are the new entries for October
When interest in Shepherdsville First Church of the Nazarene’s food pantry more than tripled, the church decided to embrace COVID-19 not as a crisis but an opportunity to serve the community.