Maury Medeiros da Silveira was appointed superintendent of the Nordeste Paulista District on 2 February 2022. Da Silveira previously pastored Igreja do Nazareno Zanaga.
Torrential rainfall caused flooding on 31 January in the areas of La Comuna and La Gasca near Quito, Ecuador. Members of Iglesia del Nazareno Restauración aided the victims with both physical and emotional support.
Adriano Pedroso was elected superintendent of the Minas Gerais District of Brazil on 5 February 2022. Pedroso has been the pastor of Igreja do Nazareno Betel since 1998.
In the mountains of Brazil, torrential rain has caused flooding and landslides that have affected nearly 500,000 people. S.O.S. Brazil was created by national leaders to help those who have fallen victim to these disasters.
Carlos José Cordero Lugo was appointed field strategy coordinator for the North Central Field on 4 February 2022. Cordero will replace Carlos Saenz, who has been serving in an interim capacity, on 1 March 2022.
Denisse Alejandra Pinto Orellana passed away on 29 January 2022. She was the wife of Jaime Román, who pastors Lighthouse Church of the Nazarene in Chile.
The Nazarene youth of Paraguay participated in a nationwide camp from 28-30 January with “Prevail” as its theme. Over 100 youth from the three districts (South, Central, and North) made their way to the camp in Encarnación, Paraguay.
Three churches in Ecuador have teamed up to help build houses for three low-income families who were on the verge of homelessness or were already there.
Thanks to the Venezuela Lago District’s work to plant new Nazarene churches, 49 people were baptized in a service that brought three of the new congregations together.
José Zito de Oliveira, the first Nazarene in Brazil, passed away Sunday, 16 January 2022. He was 99 years old. Originally from Cabo Verde, he welcomed the first Nazarene missionaries in Brazil
