Thomas Nees passed away 24 January 2021. Nees served the Church of the Nazarene in many capacities, including as director of the USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism Office and as Nazarene Compassionate Ministries director for the USA and Canada.
Nazarenes in Armenia are providing food and hygiene relief packages to families displaced by the recent war between Armenia and neighboring country Azerbaijan.
Nearly 400 children of the Programa de Desarollo Integral (Integral Development Program) on the Mesoamerica Region virtually joined in a Christmas party called “The Light Arrived.”
Lower Lights Ministries aims to help reconcile its surrounding community through relationships and leadership development.
Hurricanes Iota and Eta have both swept across Central America in the last two weeks, causing destruction from southern Mexico to Panama.
Dirk Scott, an associate pastor at True North Church of the Nazarene, felt a tug in 2015 to start feeding and discipling the homeless in his community of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His obedient response to the Lord’s calling has now led to a full-fledged compassionate ministry that is making an impact in northern Idaho
A large rock slide caused by heavy rains in San Marcos La Laguna in Guatemala killed four people and destroyed five houses along with a Nazarene church.
Almost 100 wildfires are burning in the coastal U.S. states of California, Oregon, and Washington. So far, 16 people have been killed, whole towns have burned, and hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated.
Hurricane Laura made landfall on the Louisiana coast 27 August as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds up to 150 mph. The hurricane had already swept over Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico, killing at least 24 people and damaging thousands of homes.
On Tuesday, a large explosion ripped through Beirut, Lebanon, killing more than 150 people and injuring more than 5,000. The blast damaged all three nearby Nazarene church buildings and a Nazarene school, and two boys from Nazarene educational programs were taken to the hospital.
