Leslie Hart was recently named Children’s Ministries coordinator for Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International on the USA/Canada Region.

Hart is a Trevecca Nazarene University graduate and an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene who has served children and families in churches large and small over the course of her 25-year ministry. While serving as international director of Children’s Ministries at the Global Ministry Center, she presided over the inception and development of Nazarene Safe, the Church of the Nazarene's comprehensive child sexual abuse prevention program. Leslie and her husband, Bill, an ordained elder and attorney-at-law, trained pastors and children’s workers on safe ministry practices across the U.S. and around the world.

Upon leaving the GMC in 2011, Leslie returned to Tennessee and served as Nashville First Church of the Nazarene’s early childhood pastor. She currently serves as children’s pastor at Gateway Community Church of the Nazarene in Franklin, Tennessee. In 2014, she returned her focus to worldwide ministry as global director of Children’s Bible Quizzing before accepting the additional role of coordinator of Children’s Ministries for the USA/Canada Region.

"Throughout her journey, Leslie has faithfully partnered with God and His people in the spiritual transformation of children everywhere, encouraging, empowering, and equipping them to fulfill their role in the Body of Christ," said Larry Morris, USA/Canada SDMI coordinator. "It is with joy and anticipation that we welcome Leslie Hart to the SDMI USA/Canada ministry team. Her unique skills and passion for the discipleship of children will help the Church of the Nazarene reach and train a new generation of disciples. The Church of the Nazarene is blessed to have her in leadership again."

--SDMI USA/Canada Region