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.
Work & Witness trips were one of the many things disrupted by the pandemic over the last year, but virtual trips are allowing more people to participate.
Edna Lochner, 96, of Freeport, Illinois, passed away 9 April 2021. She was a retired missionary who served in Eswatini for 38 years.
Erna Garner, 89, of Capitola, California, passed away 24 March 2021. She was a retired missionary who served alongside her husband, Clayton Garner, in Barbados and Papua New Guinea.
Through local churches’ generosity toward World Evangelism, the Church of the Nazarene has grown to more than 2.6 million members in 164 world areas. Many churches trace their faithfulness in giving back to the denomination’s strong focus on missions.
Alice Murugan, 82, of Miami Shores, Florida, passed away 20 February 2021. She served as a missionary with her husband, Joseph Murugan, in the Caribbean for 15 years and later as volunteer missionaries to Guyana.
The Church of the Nazarene’s Global Missions office recommended 24 missionaries for commissioning during the 97th General Board 28 February held virtually.
Betty Faul, 94, of Flint, Michigan, passed away 13 January 2021. She was a missionary, serving in the Caribbean for over 38 years with her husband, Larry Faul.
The Global Missions personnel team has protocols for a variety of emergency scenarios that its missionaries might face. But like many other businesses and organizations, there was not one for a global pandemic.
Neva Skinner, 97 of Milton, Florida, passed away 29 December 2020. She served as a missionary to Chile for over 30 years, with her late husband, Boyd Skinner.
