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As lead pastor of the University Church of the Nazarene at Africa Nazarene University (ANU) in Nairobi, Kenya, Gift Mtukwa receives visits from many people in the church and the surrounding community who hope the church will give them something. “Every Sunday I would leave the pulpit and people

Dozens of Nazarenes in Burundi fled the country because of political unrest. Nazarene missionaries temporarily left the area. Other church members and residents are staying in their homes for fear of facing violence on the streets. They are too afraid to go to work and are running low on food, said

Rev. Nguth (center) gathers with brothers and sisters and a new refugee settlement in Ethiopia in January. (Photos: John Yual Nguth) Thousands of people have fled from heavy fighting and food shortages in South Sudan to seek safety in neighboring countries. John Yual Nguth, the Nazarene mission

More than 20 people attended a recent Nazarene Missions Orientation in Kenya. (Photo by David Cooper) Around the world, almost three-quarters of the roughly 700 Nazarene missionaries are from the U.S. But the trend is shifting, and other world regions are expanding efforts to equip and send those

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

Lucie and her husband, Elysee. Lucie Nzayisenga, a pastor in Malawi, shares her personal testimony. I was born in Rwanda from a churchgoers’ family, but both parents were in different denominations — my father was in one denomination and my mother was in another. As children we were following our

Joseph Toguyera, a longtime pastor on the France District, became the first non-missionary last month to be appointed district superintendent. Ordained in 1995, Joseph has served as pastor of the Paris I Church of the Nazarene for many years, was part of Nazarene Missions International, and planted

The Nazarene church is supporting children in Sierra Leone (pictured) and Liberia who have lost their parents to Ebola. (Photos by Vidal Cole) The Ebola outbreak left thousands of orphans who are now trying to navigate life without their parents. Nazarene churches in two of the most affected

A boy from Ndofane, Senegal, drinks from a new well drilled by EmmanuWell Ministries Africa. (Photos by Tim Eby) Senegal District Superintendent Tim Eby and his team of well drillers have touched the lives of thousands of people in West Africa by bringing a fresh water source and the message of

General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte appointed André Aimé Maloula interim superintendent of the Côte d'Ivoire South District. Maloula will serve for two years. The current district superintendent, Djédjé Yao Clément, served in the position for 12 years. He resigned in order to take an assignment