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Hope Point Church of the Nazarene volunteers prepare barbeque for evacuees at the Oroville Shelter. (Oroville Church of the Nazarene Facebook photo) More than 230,000 acres of land have been burned over the past week in two California wildfires, the Camp Fire north of Sacramento and the Woolsey Fire

Korean missionaries serving in 20 world areas gathered 7-9 October at Korea Nazarene University in Cheonan to report on their local ministries. This was the second time Korean missionaries have gathered for such an event, with the first conference being held at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological

Mark Lindstrom was appointed superintendent for the North Arkansas District. General Superintendent Carla Sunberg made the appointment with input from the District Advisory Council and Bob Broadbooks, director of the USA/Canada Region, and in consultation with the Board of General Superintendents.

During the early years of Nazarene mission work in India, camp meetings were a prominent feature of spiritual renewal and a major attraction for Nazarenes. The Eastern Maharashtra District is home to 56 local Nazarene congregations and 24 pastors. District Superintendent D. J. Bhalerao felt a

Nazarene Compassionate Ministries recently participated in the Freedom Forum, a national event in the Philippines to address human trafficking. Online exploitation of children is a growing threat in the country. More than 70 percent of Filipino child exploitation victims are forced into this

Walt Bennett and Sherry and Kevin Harney will lead the newly announced M19 pre-conference on organic outreach. USA/Canada Regional Director Bob Broadbooks and the M19 Conference leaders announced the addition of a pre-conference seminar to accompany the M19 Conference 11-13 February 2019 in Kansas

Retired missionary Roma Gates passed away 10 November. She was 87 years old. Roma and her husband, Charles, served as missionaries from 1962 to 1982 in Brazil before returning to the USA, where Charles served in California, Maine, and Kansas until their retirement in 2000. She is survived by her

Data science is now a major and minor offered by Olivet Nazarene University . Enrollment is open for fall 2019 to students who want to enter this interdisciplinary field that is growing in popularity. Students who complete the data science program will receive a Bachelor of Science degree. “Data

The Church of the Nazarene in Haiti hosted a pastors’ conference 5-8 November. The event took place at the Nazarene Seminary campus with participation from nearly 150 pastors across the country. Field Strategy Coordinator Pierre Antoine Jacques and Haiti Nazarene Theological Seminary President Jean

Samuel Paul Pickenpaugh, retired pastor and district superintendent, passed away 12 November. He was 84 years old. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, the second son of Harry and Margaret Pickenpaugh. After graduation from Morgantown High School, Samuel enrolled in Trevecca Nazarene College