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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 May 18-22, 2015. Ruth Chew , 83, of Eureka, Illinois, passed away May 12. She was the wife of retired minister Robert Chew Sr., who served in Pennsylvania, New York,

Longtime Point Loma Nazarene College (now University) track & field and cross country head coach Jim Crakes passed away May 7. Crakes coached for nearly 20 years at PLNC. He worked with more than 100 All-Americans and it was his vision to have the British Olympic track and field team train at PLNC

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 11-15, 2015. Mike Courtney , 85, of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away April 16. He was a minister, previously serving in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, and

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received May 4-8, 2015. Ernest "Ernie" Daniels , 84, of Paulding, Ohio, passed away May 4. He was a member of the Paulding, Ohio, Church of the Nazarene, serving as a church

Pastor Salvador Ofilanda of the Salcedo Church of the Nazarene passed away last week after a lengthy medical struggle, including heart ailment. Salvador was an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene for more than 30 years. His wife, Rylin, now pastors the church. The Ofilandas barely

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 27 - May 1, 2015. Roger Brown , 83, of Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away April 26. He was a retired song evangelist, serving in Illinois, Florida, and Indiana.

Daniel Mita Ayala, a pastor and former district superintendent, passed away April 13 after a four-year battle with intestinal cancer. He was 65. "He was a fighter up to the end," said Macedonio Daza, rector of Seminario Nazareno del Área Central in Bolivia. "He always attended national and district

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 20-24, 2015. Daniel Mita Ayala , 65, of Bolivia passed away April 13. He was a pastor and district superintendent, serving at several churches in Bolivia and

Retired missionary Earl Hunter, 99, passed away April 8. Earl and his wife, Mabel, served as missionaries to Bolivia, Guatemala, and Nigeria. Earl Hunter was born September 11, 1915, in Colorado to C. J. and Georgia Hunter. He earned a Bachelor of Theology from Northwest Nazarene College (now

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received April 13-17, 2015. Albert Cramer passed away March 14. He was an educator and administrator, teaching church history and Old Testament at Canadian Theological