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General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte announced the election of Albert W. Hung as superintendent of the Northern California District . Elected 12 May on the first ballot, Hung replaces Gary Moore, who has served as interim superintendent since February 2015 after the previous superintendent, John

Located in downtown Los Angeles, California, Skid Row is home to 15,000 people. Ten thousand are part of the low-income sector, and 6,000 are either homeless or in rescue missions (according to City Data). The area is occasionally known as a party center, which brings substance abuse and petty crime

At just about 100 years old, Bakersfield Church of the Nazarene in California is drawing in a new generation of teenagers from its surrounding neighborhoods. Donabel Martin is the outreach and young adult pastor, as well as an interim youth pastor. She and her lead pastors and the congregation have

Beverlee "Bev" Borbe, 87, passed away November 12 in Santa Rosa, California. She was a retired educator and a longtime leader for Nazarene Missions International. She and her husband, Richard, celebrated 67 years of marriage in August. Bev attended Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene

In the 1980s, Bettye and Jim Happeny (right) began a relationship with Sherwin Rulloda (left) when he was in 4th grade. Sherwin Rulloda was in third grade when his sponsorship through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Child Sponsorship started. Initially, a youth group helped fund his education, but

Facebook photo Ron Salsbury, senior pastor of New Life Community Church of the Nazarene in Pismo Beach, California, died peacefully July 31 surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Pismo Beach New Life Community Church is one of the largest Nazarene churches on the USA/Canada

Gabriela is a mentor to younger students through the Goals for Life program. (Photos by Scott Bennett) Growing up, I watched my mom get abused regularly. My father was a drunk, and I always worried about him fighting with my mom. This went on for years. On the night of August 28, 2009, my father

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Texas church helps Christmas display achieve national recognition Georgetown, Texas ( Newsmax , December 1) No. 4: Georgetown, Texas, has huge wooden nutcracker soldiers dotting the streets,

The 525 attendees of this year's USA/Canada Region Samoan Ministries Conference rated the event higher than any previous conference. "Words are inadequate to explain in details the wondrous love of God and the moving of His Holy Spirit among His people during the Samoan Ministries Conference USA

Nicholas Mackenzie, pastor of the Palm Springs, California, Church of the Nazarene , passed away September 7. He was 62. Mackenzie was born in South Africa. He was a minister with The Salvation Army in South Africa until 1989 when he moved to the U.S. and began serving at Bridge Church of the