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Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Teree Settembrino’s passions now include doting on her husband, cooking for all of her friends, serving at her church and leading Celebrate Recovery. Arizona Nazarene a living testimony to

TEACH 2016 is a national lay ministry conference for all those involved with small groups, Sunday school, and discipleship ministries. The opening speaker is General Superintendent David Graves, who will address the first stage of discipleship – becoming rooted in Christ. For a video invitation from

Abishai McDonald, 34, lead pastor of Jacksonville, Florida, New Dimensions Church of the Nazarene, passed away June 7. McDonald’s legs were paralyzed in September 2015 due to a sudden blood clot on his spine. He fought courageously through rehab and physical therapy, but an infection in his blood

Nazarene minister, educator, and beloved leader Arnold Gordon Wetmore passed away June 9. He was 82. Wetmore was born on June 24, 1931, in New Brunswick, Canada. He received his undergraduate education at Eastern Nazarene College and earned the B.D. from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1959. He

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

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

Retired missionary Gordon Johnston passed away May 27. He was 77. Gordon and his wife, Pat, served the Church of the Nazarene in missions for 34 years in Lebanon, Jordan, and Papua New Guinea before retiring in June 2003. Gordon was an ordained minister, holding a bachelor’s degree from Pasadena

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 from May 1 to May 31, 2016. To view

Former missionary Martha Burge passed away May 22. She was 69. Martha met and married her husband, John, at Olivet Nazarene University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing and he completed a Bachelor of Arts in religion. After graduating, the Burges pastored in Mississippi, Oklahoma,