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Open-door policy: Nashville First Church welcomes the city's immigrant community

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
30 Mar 2017
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USA/Canada NYI hosts its largest leadership conference to date

USA/Canada Nazarene Youth International welcomed nearly 400 leaders to Kansas City, Missouri, 5-7 March for NYI Leadership Conference 2017. The conference doubled the previous record for largest attendance at an NYI Leadership Conference. It included a wide range of leaders, including youth pastors,
23 Mar 2017
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John Seaman passes away

John Seaman, superintendent of the Michigan District and a former Church of the Nazarene missionary, passed away 19 March. He was 69. "It is with great sadness I tell you that Sunday night around 6:15, our beloved friend and leader, Dr. John Seaman, transitioned to eternity," wrote Interim Michigan
20 Mar 2017
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Tennessee church sends love to prisoners through Valentines

It all started about 10 years ago when Tish Ladd, a member of Waverly, Tennessee, Church of the Nazarene, told Pastor Daron Brown, “I feel like I need to go to the jail.” His shocked expression caused her to quickly add, “I feel like God is nudging me to go pray with the women.” Thus a jail ministry
16 Mar 2017
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Nazarenes in the News

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Michigan church joins with community to assist residents Flint, Michigan Forge Flint photo ( My City Magazine , 1 March) Forge Flint is connecting people together to help the city move
15 Mar 2017
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Summer theology institute to identify, cultivate next generation of leaders

Within the next 10 to 15 years, the Church of the Nazarene expects to see a growing gap between the number of clergy retiring and the number of newly ordained ministers in the U.S. and Canada. In order to address this issue, the Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded MidAmerica Nazarene University a $600,000
08 Mar 2017
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Minnesota church mourns loss of pastor

Todd Orr, pastor of the Friendship Church of the Nazarene in Mora, Minnesota, passed away 23 February. He was 53. Orr was born in La Mesa, California, to Harold and Betty (Loescher) Orr. The family moved to Minnesota, where Todd grew up and attended high school. After graduation, he served in the U
03 Mar 2017
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Moving Ministers: February 2017

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 February 2017. To view the February
03 Mar 2017
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2017 Nazarene Missionary Candidates

The Church of the Nazarene's Global Mission office recommended 15 missionaries for appointment during the Church of the Nazarene's 94th Session of the General Board Monday, 27 February in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. David and Jennifer Allen have served together as intern missionaries since April
27 Feb 2017
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Small Hawaii church making big waves in struggling community

Karli* first became a Christian at the age of 16, when her dad was in the military in Tennessee. At the age of 18, she moved to Hawaii and, as she drifted away from God, took a job dancing, which led her into prostitution for the next 20 years. But God had not drifted away from Karli. Through the
24 Feb 2017
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