
Celebrating the life and ministry of Russell Human
Russell Human, 86, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away 16 October 2021. He was a retired minister, missionary, and district superintendent, who served the Church of the Nazarene for nearly 50 years.

Russell Human, 86, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away 16 October 2021. He was a retired minister, missionary, and district superintendent, who served the Church of the Nazarene for nearly 50 years.

In October’s edition of Nazarenes in the News, a church in Canada received an award for its after-school program, Olivet inaugurated their new president and a Missouri church is addressing local food issues.

In this month’s edition of Nazarenes in the News, read about an Oklahoma Nazarene who was gifted a bike, a North Dakota community rallying to help a Nazarene Church, and the 100th anniversary of a West Virginia church.

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. In this month’s edition, a Scotland church receives aid for food ministry while another aids a pre-existing food program. In Oklahoma, a church and university team up on a clinic for those without health insurance.

Haven of Hope, a center created by Bethany, Oklahoma, First Church of the Nazarene, will help shelter and rehabilitate women who are victims of sexual abuse and sex trafficking in Eswatini.

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Here are the new entries for September.

Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene is opening the Walt Crow Center for Pastors, a free retreat center designed to provide rest, restoration, and recreation for pastors.

When the Oklahoma District had to cancel summer camp programs due to COVID-19, churches were able to stay connected through a virtual VBS program based on Sunday School and Discipleship’s free curriculum Treasure Quest.

Mark K. Lehman has been appointed superintendent for the Southwest Oklahoma District. He currently pastors Sutter Creek Church of the Nazarene in California.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not changed the focus of Guymon Church of the Nazarene in Oklahoma. On 22 March, the church shifted its worship service