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“The church has left the building.” That statement, printed on Apopka Calvary Church of the Nazarene’s service project T-shirts, describes the strategy that has enabled it to plant seven churches since 2015, including several basketball churches, a soccer church, a biker church, and a Haitian church

Retired missionary, educator, and minister Charles “Chuck” Gates passed away 12 September at the age of 90. Charles was born on 8 August 1929 in Canton, Ohio. He graduated from Newcomerstown High School in 1947 and married Roma Joanne Gates in 1950. He continued his education at Olivet Nazarene

Church leaders from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Eswatini recently attended the Ratwerk Pastors and Leaders Conference, held at Agape Church of the Nazarene on the Eastern Cape District in South Africa. “It was a conference in season,” said District Superintendent Randal Julie. “A much

While on his way to a church planting training in San Marcos, Pastor Jake Isbell felt like God was telling him to pull over his car. He obeyed and began to realize what God was placing on his heart: the City of Jarrell. “Once we started telling the district that our eyes were on Jarrell, [we learned

The Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Board of Trustees appointed Randall “Randy” Lee James as the vice president of institutional advancement 12 September. “After learning of our needs for U.S.-based support, Randy agreed to come on board as a volunteer and received APNTS Board of Trustees

More than 100 people were baptized in the North District of Bangladesh in late August. They had given their lives to Christ after watching the JESUS film. During the baptism ceremony, Binoy, one of the 135, publicly testified about his journey toward accepting Jesus as his Savior: “About a year ago,

A workshop training Nazarene leaders and writers was held in Quito, Ecuador, last month. The workshop trained them on how to produce articles, news stories, social media posts, books, and discipleship material. “The workshop provided me new tools that reinforced my development in order to contribute

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 16-20 September 2019. Glen Curtis, 92, of Beckley, West Virginia, passed away 29 August 2019. He was a retired minister serving in Ohio and West Virginia. He was

When Leniza Soares’ name first appeared on the ballot for superintendent of the Cape Verde District in July, she silently prayed, “God, what are you doing?” In addition to being an ordained pastor for a decade on the Cape Verde District, Soares had also served as the district secretary and on the

When an electrical fire broke out at Pataskala Oaks Care Center, one of the first calls the facility made for help was to Pataskala Church of the Nazarene. The fire started before 8 a.m., and by 8:30 a.m. Holly Melick, the life enrichment coordinator at the care facility, called Pastor Gary Reiss to