• Iris Walliser touches up the skyline around her palm tree on her interpretation of “Seaside Palm,” the painting for the August 19 “How Great Thou Art” painting class. ( Aiken Standard photo) At most paint nights around the country, the setting is familiar: groups of friends, mostly beginners,
  • Edward "Ed" Heck, senior pastor of Kankakee, Illinois, First Church of the Nazarene and an adjunct professor at Olivet Nazarene University, passed away September 6. He was 62. Cindi Schimmelpfennig, executive pastor of Family Life Ministries at Kankakee First Church, told the Daily Journal Heck
  • When Nazarene Compassionate Ministries issued a challenge to Nazarene universities to address the global water crisis, students around the world responded. The contest challenged university students to design and implement a Water Challenge campaign with three goals: to educate about the scarcity of
  • Professors from the Argentina Central District gathered September 3 for workshops about teaching theology courses in the associate's degree program. The 30 attending professors are in charge of teaching classes at Southern Cone Nazarene Theological Seminary's main campus and accredited centers.
  • A fire destroyed the Lupon Church of the Nazarene September 5 in Davao Oriental, Philippines. Mindanao East District Superintendent Nicolas Cacho reported the whole parsonage and the interior of the sanctuary were destroyed. Pastor Jessie Rosales and his wife, Whelma, were away when the fire started
  • In order further the mission of the Church of the Nazarene, churches in West Berbice, Guyana, gathered for the first zone Sunday school rally. More than 50 children and seven adults gathered at Bushlot Church of the Nazarene September 2 to pray for the children as they begin the new academic school
  • The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received September 12-16, 2016. David Blum , 91, of Tillamook, Oregon, passed away September 9. He was a retired minister, serving in Alberta, Oregon, Saskatchewan, and
  • Can – or should – Christians do non-evangelistic events for the community? This was the question the leaders of Kyiv First Church of the Nazarene discussed as they planned an event together with Kirche in Aktion (KiA), a Nazarene church in Frankfurt, Germany. About three years ago, Kyiv First Church
  • MidAmerica Nazarene University announced that a portion of the assets from the estate of Edgar (Class of 1972) and Maron (Lorimer) Moore sold at auction September 13. The sale of nearly 1,400 acres of farmland in Henry County, Missouri, in six separate tracts, brought the university $4.1 million.
  • Nearly 150 Malawi pastors and leaders from the Church of the Nazarene's five districts gathered for the Pastors and Leaders Conference (PALCON), themed " Prepare the Way of the Lord." Invited guests included Africa South-East Field Strategy Coordinator Paul Mtambo, Africa South Field Strategy