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A traveling clinic in Panama provided medical services for 626 people in four communities from 29 April to 2 May. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries and the Panama Work & Witness team organized the event alongside a group of volunteers from Flint Central Church of the Nazarene in Michigan. They began

Pastor Justin Oberndorfer and his wife, Sarah, of Gracepoint Church of the Nazarene in Shawnee, Kansas, are working to build a foster care community in Basehor — a small town on the outskirts of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Responding to the foster care shortage in Kansas , the Oberndorfers

Retired missionary Geraldine “Gerre” Hall passed away 7 May. She was 93 years old. Gerre married her husband, B. Maurice Hall, in 1948. They served together at two churches in Los Angeles, California, before they were appointed to their first missionary position in 1955. For the next 20 years, Gerre

The Well Health Center was built last year and opened in January after the Church of the Nazarene in Cactus, Texas , saw a need for health care in the Cactus community. The church already offered English as a Second Language classes, community outreach initiatives, and immigration and civics

After someone overdosed in the parking lot of the New Beginning Nazarene Church in Mount Airy, Maryland, church leaders decided something needed to be done. It wasn’t the first time an incident like this had happened, but the church is working to make sure it was the last. The congregation hosted an

Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. Trevecca student with autism graduates after 12 years Nashville, Tennessee ( Tennessean , 10 May) Brian Schnelle has autism. At 31 years old, he still lives with his parents. He can't care

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 in March and April 2019. To view the

The Sunderland Foundation awarded MidAmerica Nazarene University an additional $2.4 million in support of the new Cunningham Student Center, bringing its total gift to $3 million for the university’s Bright Futures campaign. “The Sunderland family’s legacy and generosity has made a significant

The Foundry Kids , the children’s imprint for The Foundry Publishing , will release a new children’s curriculum called Eureka! for use in September 2019. Replacing the current Faith Connections curriculum, Eureka! will offer the same biblical focus with additional resources and media for leaders.

The Florida District elected Dale Schaeffer 3 May as its next superintendent. Schaeffer currently serves as the lead pastor at Medford First Church of the Nazarene in Oregon, a position he has held since 2013. Schaeffer’s new assignment will be effective 3 June. He replaces Larry Dennis, who is