Celebrating the life, ministry of Carl Summer
Carl B. Summer, 88, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away 18 October 2024. He was a retired district superintendent and minister, serving in Oklahoma for over 50 years.
Carl B. Summer, 88, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away 18 October 2024. He was a retired district superintendent and minister, serving in Oklahoma for over 50 years.
James Frederick Huff, 74, of McDonough, Georgia, passed away on 10 October 2024. He served the Church of the Nazarene in various roles for over 40 years, including as the director of the Africa Region, a missionary in New Zealand and South Africa, and superintendent of the Georgia and New Mexico districts.
Compiled by the General Secretary’s Office from district reports, Moving Ministers is a monthly listing of Nazarene ministers in new assignments on the USA/Canada Region.
Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida late on 26 September as a Category 4 storm before carving a destructive path through much of the Southeastern United States.
For over twenty years, Nazarene lay people have volunteered their time with RVs on a Mission (ROAM), serving across the United States at Nazarene campgrounds, churches, and compassionate ministry projects, helping these ministries continue to fulfill the Church of the Nazarene’s mission of making christlike disciples in the nations.
W. Kyle Poole was appointed superintendent of the Kansas City District on 17 September 2024. He has led the Georgia District as superintendent since 2018.
In Clarksville, Tennessee, the Body of Christ Church of the Nazarene stepped up to provide Korean language classes to meet the needs of the growing Korean community.
Compiled by the General Secretary’s Office from district reports, Moving Ministers is a monthly listing of Nazarene ministers in new assignments on the USA/Canada Region. Roles included
Arnold Carlson Jr., 97, of Sun City, Arizona, passed away on 4 August 2024. He was a retired district superintendent who led the Rocky Mountain District from 1983 to 1992.
For six years, Pierre Ernst Jacques’ ordination was put on hold due to civil unrest in his home country of Haiti. However, through an unusual set of circumstances — some tragic — Jacques found himself in the United States for a special remote ordination during this year’s Eastern Kentucky District Assembly.