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NCN News compiled the following list of spring commencement reports from each of the Nazarene institutions of higher education on the USA/Canada Region: Ambrose University President: Gordon T. Smith Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Web: ambrose.edu Date of Graduation Exercises: 28 April

Image from Prensa Libre Volcán de Fuego , a volcano located about 25 miles from Guatemala City, erupted 3 June, killing more than 100 people and leaving countless others affected. The number is expected to climb as first responders continue searching for survivors. According to BBC News, this is the

Ben and Katherine Radcliffe and their four children. Jim Radcliffe served 33 years as a surgeon at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). When he spoke in churches during his home assignment tours in the U.S., he often said, “I hope to work myself out of a job.”

General Superintendent David W. Graves announced the election of W. Kyle Poole as superintendent of the Georgia District. Elected 31 May on the first ballot, Poole replaces Roy E. Rogers, who is retiring after serving more than 18 years in the position. Poole will begin his new assignment 1 July.

Pastor Neil Allenbrand, lead pastor at Penticton Church of the Nazarene in British Columbia, Canada, passed away 30 May from pancreatic cancer. He was 63 years old. Before serving at Penticton Church of the Nazarene, Allenbrand served in Olds, Alberta, from 1976 to 1977 and in Caroline, Alberta,

The Board of General Superintendents announced Tuesday that Gary Hartke was elected by the General Board to serve as the Church of the Nazarene’s next general secretary. Hartke will follow David Wilson, who has served as general secretary since 2007. Wilson previously announced his intentions to

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 in the latest report are pastor and pastoral service. Entries were received in May 2018. To view the May report,

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 28 May – 1 June 2018. Barbara Deboard , 85, of Victorville, California, passed away 29 May. She was preceded in death by her husband, retired minister Oren Deboard,

Karen Gibson entered the Church of the Nazarene’s Fresh Ground Coffee Shop in the Battersea neighborhood of London, England, looking for a cup of coffee. She found much more than that. “From the first day I stepped into Fresh Ground, there was something that felt right about the place,” she says.

The National Association of Evangelicals recently released an explanatory statement, “Evangelicals — Shared Faith in Broad Diversity,” as a tool to help others understand and explain who evangelicals are. Evangelicals — Shared Faith in Broad Diversity Evangelical Christians are people of faith. Our