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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 March 2017. To view the March

Missionaries Don and Carol Richardson seemed to be making no progress trying to share the gospel with a Stone Age tribe in New Guinea. The discouraged young Canadians felt like giving up and moving to a different place. Then, one day they watched the Sawi tribal chief make peace with an enemy tribe.

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 27-31 March 2017. Charles Ashley , 87, of Murrieta, California, passed away 27 March. He was a retired minister, serving in California. He was preceded in death by

The East Nashvillian photo In Nashville’s increasingly diverse culture quilt, it’s not unusual for a church to have one Sunday service in English and another service (often at the same time in an adjoining chapel, or room, or in the gym) for an immigrant community that has become an intrinsic part

“I found them last summer, looking through the trash for food,” Gesti, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Kombinat, Albania, told me in October 2015 as we were on our way to visit the child development centre that his congregation had established. “Two sisters and a brother; the oldest was 12

Torrential rains in Peru continue to cause catastrophic flooding and mudslides. An estimated 700,000 people are now homeless, and more than 90 people have died. Nazarenes are among those most affected. The flooding reached five of Peru’s Nazarene districts , which are home to 267 local Nazarene

A boat that will facilitate evangelism ministry in communities and villages along Bayano Lake in eastern Panama was dedicated 5 March. The boat was named after pastors Blas Segura and Anadeis Rodríguez, pioneer missionaries in the region. Pastor Carlos de la Cruz led the boat dedication. Rodríguez

A delegate orientation, sponsored by the Board of General Superintendents (BGS) in cooperation with the Office of the General Secretary, will be held ahead of the 2017 General Assembly business sessions. The orientation is scheduled for Saturday, 24 June 2017 from 10 to 11 a.m. in Halls A-B-C of the

Southern Nazarene University's Board of Trustees elected J. Keith Newman 24 March to become president of the university 1 August. The election follows the retirement of Loren P. Gresham , SNU’s president since 1989. Newman’s election is the culmination of an extensive search that began last fall by

Eastern Nazarene College and Trevecca Nazarene University announced Friday that they will move forward with a collaborative partnership, with Dan Boone serving as the president of both schools, following affirmative votes by each institution’s board of trustees. Trevecca and ENC announced they were