Since 1 September 2009, the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*. The national flags rotate weekly, and photos of them raised are sent to the church leaders of that country.

This week: Panama

The Church of the Nazarene officially entered Panama in 1953.

Panama had a population of 4,470,241 in 2024. That same year, Panama reported 61 Churches of the Nazarene, 60 of which had been officially organized. Mexico has 4,104 total members.

Panama is on the Mesoamerica Region. It has one Phase 3 district and one Phase 2 district.

For more information about the Mesoamerica Region, visit mesoamericaregion.org.

* = The weekly highlighted flag is raised on the middle of three poles in compliance with U.S. government protocols. It flies to the left of the GMC host-nation United States flag, which flies above the host-state flag of Kansas. The Christian flag flies on the third pole.

The Global Ministry Center is the mission and service hub of the Church of the Nazarene.