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Since September 1, 2009, the Church of the Nazarene's Global Ministry Center (GMC) proudly flies a flag each week of one of the many nations in which the denomination is present in ministry. Leaders were invited to send a national flag to be flown at the GMC alongside the flag of the United States*.

Recently, Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, went to a fully online format. This change meant that there was a library full of books that needed to find a new home. Some were kept at Nazarene universities in the USA, but 50,000 books remained without a home. Christian

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

Southern Africa Nazarene University celebrated its 7th graduation 28 October as 374 students accepted their degrees from Africa's newest Nazarene educational institution. Vice Chancellor Winnie Nhlengethwa said it was "A grand and glorious celebration." As is the custom in Swaziland, King Mswati III

Dr Samuel Hynd (left) with business mogul Natie Kirsh in an undated picture. ( Swazi Observer photo) Dr Samuel Hynd, a longtime Scottish missionary to Swaziland, passed away August 18 at the age of 91. Hynd was born on 19 December 1924 in the home of his grandfather, George Sharpe, the founder of

Retired missionary Loretta Faye (Allen) Riley passed away May 2. She was 80. Faye was born in Stacy Fork, Kentucky, February 8, 1936. She was a graduate of Mount Carmel High School and Kentucky Mountain Bible College, Alton Memorial Hospital, Greenville College, and Indiana University. During her

Southern Africa Nazarene University recently welcomed a team of 13 library and information technology personnel from eight Nazarene higher education institutions to implement new library and student management systems. The team members are from the USA, Great Britain, Malawi, and South Africa.

In 2008, the Church of the Nazarene merged three institutions in Swaziland (College of Theology, College of Nursing, and the College of Education) to form the Nazarene Higher Education Consortium. This entity was recognized by the government of the Kingdom of Swaziland and continued a pattern of

Southern Africa Nazarene University Vice Chancellor Winnie Nhlengethwa recently returned from Gaborone, Botswana, where she attended the Association of African Universities’ 8th Leadership Skills Development Workshop, hosted by Botho University in Botswana. The workshop took place August 10 to 14.

In January, Africa South Field Strategy Coordinator Mashangu Maluleka stumbled across a church project that inspired him. While driving through Swaziland, he noticed a church that was under construction. People were hard at work in the scorching sun, he said. He saw a sign for a Nazarene primary