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Vanuatu District celebrates national children's day

Each year, the nation of Vanuatu celebrates National Children’s Day on 24 July. The annual event allows families to spend extra time together to promote the welfare and well-being of children and to support the fight against child abuse.
29 Aug 2024
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Meet Vanuatu's first native district superintendent

The Church of the Nazarene in Vanuatu reached a significant milestone when Gideon Iawaki was appointed the first native Vanuatu district superintendent. Iawaki shared his journey and how God had been at work in his life.
20 Jun 2024
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Flags of the Nations: Vanuatu

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*.
12 Feb 2024
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Cyclone Vanuatu Relief

Nazarenes come together to aid Vanuatu after cyclone

Two cyclones devastated the island of Vanuatu in April. The disaster response team led by Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Asia-Pacific among others is distributing relief items to the various local churches and communities in Vanuatu.
04 May 2023
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The Vanuatu team's church shelter built on Santo Island

Vanuatu District begins work in unreached islands

The Vanuatu District recently sent its first team to the northern island of Espiritu Santo to begin establishing the Church of the Nazarene’s presence there. As a result, nearly 40 people accepted Christ.
05 Jun 2020
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Vanuatu District ordains first ministers

This year’s Vanuatu District Assembly featured its first ordination service. Three ministers were ordained during the 30 October assembly — Keithly Jereva, Meriam Naunga, and Gideon Sam. Micronesia-South Pacific Field Strategy Coordinator Harmon Schmelzenbach and Regional Director Mark Louw were at
11 Dec 2018
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Texas couple receives unexpected call to missions

In June 2017 during General Assembly and Conventions in Indianapolis, Indiana, Linda Dortch “just happened” to sit on a bench in the Asia-Pacific Region booth and a missionary “just happened” to walk up and start a conversation about cross-cultural ministry. The missionary was David Potter, who,
16 Mar 2018
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PNG Nazarenes send first W&W team to Vanuatu

The Church of the Nazarene in Papua New Guinea celebrated a milestone last month as they sent their first Work & Witness team to another country. From the end of March until the second week of April, the Chimbu/Eastern Highlands District W&W team raised funds for airfare and traveled to Vanuatu to
28 Apr 2017
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Asia-Pacific Region experiences multiple earthquakes

Multiple earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks rocked the western side of the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire last week. Japan (two quakes), Myanmar (6.9), and Vanuatu (6.4), were the most heavily affected. "Here at the Nazarene World Mission Communications center in Manila, Philippines, we are closely
15 Apr 2016
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Vanuatu churches help famine-stricken communities

The small island nation of Vanuatu has received significant outside aid for many years, especially in times of disasters. Over time, this can produce an attitude of helplessness and dependency. It can also make people think compassionate care is someone else’s responsibility. God is helping local
11 Feb 2016
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