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Norine Grantz, 94, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, passed away 24 April 2022. She was a retired missionary who served in Peru for 23 years.

The Church of the Nazarene in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, held a celebration during Holy Week that included two special services and the baptism of 11 people. Pastor Oscar Rivera said the services were special and emotional because they were the first meetings in more than two years.

The Africa Region recently announced two new district superintendents: Leholohonolo Michael Oliphant for the Lesotho District and Vincent Peter Maholbela for the Eastern South Africa District.

The Church of the Nazarene’s South America Region has held ordination services since October 2021 in different countries of the region, ordaining 253 men and women as pastors and deacons.

In this month's edition of Nazarenes in the News, a General Superintendent Emeritus is elected to the Hall of Fame, a Tennessee Church feeds the homeless on Easter, two Missouri churches merge to create one congregation, and much more. To read all of the Nazarenes in the News entries, click read

Holiness Today magazine has launched a new website with three additional languages: Spanish, French, and Portuguese. The launch was timed to coincide with a special issue on Christian identity, featuring articles from each of the six members of the Board of General Superintendents.

Fishers Point Church of the Nazarene in Fishers, Indiana, has been using an English Second Language program as a community outreach, leading to the eventual discipleship and salvation of some of their students.

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 15-29 April 2022.

The Igreja do Nazareno Central de Paulista in Paulista, Brazil, used Easter weekend as an opportunity to evangelize to its community. A Saturday evangelism event was led by the children's ministry followed by a march through town into the church on Sunday.

Members of the Church of the Nazarene in Senahú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, rebuilt the NDI classrooms in just 18 days. Nearly 200 people gather in these classrooms to learn more about God in their native languages, Q'eqchi and Spanish.