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The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received November 2-6, 2015. Selvaraj Jayakumar of Musiri, India, passed away November 2. He was a pastor and superintendent of the India Tamil Nadu West District. He is

Earl and Gladys Mosteller Retired missionary Earl E. Mosteller, Jr., passed away October 27. He was 97. Mosteller and his wife, Gladys, both graduates of Northwest Nazarene College (now University), served as missionaries for 39 years in Cape Verde (now Cabo Verde), Brazil, Portugal, and the Azores.

Kenneth J. Pell, lead pastor of the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, First Church of the Nazarene, passed away suddenly October 25. He was 53. “It is with deep sadness that I tell you that our pastor Ken went to be with Jesus tonight,” Church Board Secretary Cyndie Marshall said Sunday in a message posted on

Tomás Ticum Ventura, lead pastor of Todas Las Naciones Iglesia del Nazareno (All Nations Church of the Nazarene) in Wichita, Kansas, passed away October 21. Ordained in 1992, Ticum served the Church of the Nazarene in Guatemala, Mexico, Nebraska, and Kansas. He graduated with an undergraduate degree

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received October 26-30, 2015. Robert "Bob" Allen , 86, of Louisville, Kentucky, passed away October 23. He was a lay leader in the Church of the Nazarene, serving on church

Former Mount Vernon and Trevecca Nazarene University dean of students and faculty member John J. Donoho passed away October 22. John and his wife, Lora Donoho, served respectively as dean of students and director of Athletics at MVNU from 1975 to their joint retirement in 1990. John was born March 6

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received October 19-23, 2015. James "Jim" Adams , 85, of St. Louis, Michigan, passed away October 16. He was a retired minister, serving in Iowa and Michigan. He is survived

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received October 12-16, 2015. Leslie Alder Sr. , 98, of Greenwood, Arkansas, passed away October 9. He was a retired minister, serving in Maryland and Arkansas. He is survived

Pictured left to right: Sarah, Carmen, and René Acosta. René Acosta, superintendent of the Dominican Republic Central District, passed away October 7. Acosta pastored several churches from 1977 to 1986, when he became district superintendent. He served as rector of Dominican Republic Nazarene

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received October 5-9, 2015. René Acosta of the Dominican Republic passed away October 7. He was superintendent of the Dominican Republic Central District. He is survived by