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Jean Robert Maitre The Council of Administration of Nazarene Theological Seminary of Haiti (STNH) elected Jean Robert Maitre as president of the institution to serve for a term of two years. The May 28 election was by unanimous consent. Maitre is a pastor, theologian, and Haitian sociologist. He was

Sherry Shmidt was appointed the new campus chaplain for Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) , effective June 1. Shmidt, an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and a registered nurse, has served previously in the areas of guidance counseling, member care, and general health

Disciplemaking in the U.S. has become a major challenge in recent years, especially among the Millennial Generation (adults born after 1980). The Pew Research Center reports that Millennials are much less likely than prior generations to embrace Christianity, and more than one in three Millennials

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received June 5-10, 2016. Jimmie Lee Jennette Andrews , 86, of Franklin, Tennessee, passed away June 3. She was the widow of J. T. Andrews, who served in Tennessee. J. T.

As General Assembly 2017 draws closer and planning increases by the day, the Church of the Nazarene’s General Secretary’s Office requests opinions from Nazarenes around the world on their expectations for the event. The denomination’s 29th General Assembly and Conventions are 21-30 June 2017 in

Twenty minutes, that’s all. Only 20 minutes to fly from the Mission Aviation Fellowship hanger at Kagamuga Airport in Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea, to the Dusin Airstrip, on the side of a mountain at 6,100 feet. The flight itself is good for the soul on two counts: one being the weeks it may have

In the past 21 years, the Church of the Nazarene in Bangladesh has grown to more than 3,000 local churches. The expansive growth of new believers and new congregations, as well as extensive church-led ministries within communities, took place under the guidance of trusted local Nazarene pastors and

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: April 28 and 30

Herbert Rogers, retired Church of the Nazarene pastor and district superintendent, passed away May 31. He was 87. Rogers was born December 5, 1928, in Lowville, New York, to Glenn and Myrtle Rogers. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and later as an Army Reserve chaplain. He earned a Bachelor of

Wayne Larson, a retired missionary to Swaziland and Papua New Guinea, passed away May 29 at age 83. Wayne was born to Alfred and Lulu Larson November 9, 1932, in Portland, Oregon, and raised with his younger brother, Bruce. He married Joann in 1954, and the couple raised their three children in