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Lakeland, Florida - When Francisco Ayala packed up his van to help the nearby community of Mulberry, Florida, after Hurricane Irma, he was unknowingly sowing seeds for a compassionate ministry that is now impacting hundreds in the Lakeland area. Ayala is the pastor of Nuevo Comienzo Church of the

Judith (Martin) Henske, 78, of Beaverton, Oregon, passed away 14 February 2020. She was a retired missionary, serving in Japan. Judy was born 13 April 1941, the third child of the late Mary and Theodore “Ted” E. Martin, who was Nazarene pastor and evangelist. Ted was a member of the General Board of

More than 60 leaders from Haiti gathered for an evangelism and church planting workshop from 18 to 20 February at the Nazarene Seminary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the Evangelism with Passion training, they shared ideas at roundtable discussions and were trained on how to prepare mentors for church

In 1983, an Argentine couple arrived at Seminario Nazareno de las Américas (SENDAS) following God’s call to prepare for ministry in the Church of the Nazarene. Eduardo Alejandro Lelli and Graciela Monica Portini de Lelli spent three formative years growing, learning, and serving in the SENDAS

Alberto Croce, 74, of Córdoba, Argentina, passed away 19 February 2020. He was the pastor at Villa del Dique Church of the Nazarene and a former district superintendent. Croce arrived in Córdoba on 21 March 2003 with his wife, Mabel de Croce, to start a new district in Argentina, the Mediterraneo

In the midst of the national crisis in Venezuela, the Lagos District is seeing an exciting new phenomenon take place as the district looks to plant new churches in two parts of the country with no Nazarene presence. Multiple members of the district’s evangelism ministry have been mobilized with the

The Eurasia Region hosted the second installment of its regional conference, The Invisible World, in Hyderabad, India. The January conference had 334 attendees, representing 17 countries and speaking 21 different languages. The vast geography of Eurasia led to the decision to host two full

The Church of the Nazarene in Puerto Rico recently hosted a missions orientation camp for 22 participants between the ages of 17 and 65, representing eight churches on the two districts of the country. The event was held from 10 to 12 January and was organized by leaders from Puerto Rico, Dominican

More than a thousand pastors and leaders participated in the International Congress of Pastors, hosted by the Northeastern Oaxaca District in Mexico. More than 250 Nazarene churches in Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, and Mexico were represented. The congress was held at the Church of the

Over 100 youth from the Paraguay Central District participated in the Paraguay On Fire Camp, held 10-12 January 2020 in the city of Caacupé. The devotionals and preaching were provided by Juan Meza, Astrid Mayta, Mercedes Villalba, Marcos Muñoz, and Yoan Camacaro, with subjects including sexuality,