Remembering Alice Murugan
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.
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.
Robert and Carolyn Scott, 90, passed away 27 and 24 December 2020, respectively. Robert was a pastor and district superintendent in addition to serving as the director of World Missions from 1986 to 1994.
Paul Wesley Gamertsfelder, 92, passed away 14 December 2020. Gamertsfelder was an optometrist, who founded Work & Witness for the Church of the Nazarene.
Timothy Kim has worn a variety of different hats throughout his ministry. When he moved to Micronesia in 2016, he started an outreach to the island children that is now thriving.
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 Center for Missionary Formation (CFM) in Brazil celebrated the culmination of two years of hard work with a graduation ceremony held on 14 November 2020.