The number of Ukrainians who have fled the country now exceeds two million. Many describe the struggles they face, either within Ukraine or as they flee the country. Amid such crisis and uncertainty, Nazarene workers continue to serve the people around them.
Nazarene churches and leaders are showing compassion and hospitality to communicate the presence of God in a time of upheaval as the crisis escalates in Ukraine.
Recovery efforts continue in Tonga after an undersea volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami caused chaos for the island nation on 15 January.
Every year, the celebration of Christmas brings hope to many people. Likewise, Shechem Children’s Home has been sharing and giving hope.
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.
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the Church of the Nazarene’s presence in the Middle East, which began in Palestine and Syria in 1921. Their early roots of compassion are still alive and well today.
Staff at Nazarene child development centers in Sri Lanka have been going above and beyond to help care for their students during the pandemic.
A team of seven volunteers from across the Mesoamerica Region traveled to the South and Grand-Anse districts in Haiti, the two places hit the hardest by the 14 August earthquake, to provide aid and support to the recovery efforts.
Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States on 29 August, causing flooding, death, and destruction from Louisiana, and later into New York and New Jersey.
Haiti is still reeling after the 7.2-magnitude quake on August 14. An estimated 2,207 people were killed, more than 12,000 were injured, and tens of thousands are without homes.
