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The Mongolia District held its sixth annual Holiness Gathering 3-7 August 2023 at the Suut Resort in Bayanchandmani, Mongolia. More than 300 people from the eight local churches participated in the four-day event. More than half of the participants were children and youth.

Palmer First Church of the Nazarene in Alaska recently opened a 9,000-square-foot fully accessible and inclusive park for disabled and special needs individuals and their families. The park is another level of connection between Palmer First and its community.

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. To view the report for August, click read more.

When the Sierra Centro District of Ecuador was at a crossroads with its soccer program, a phone call from a woman in the community set the course for what has now become Nazareno Sporting Club.

Jack Eugene Shankel, 90, of Sunbury, Ohio, passed away on 6 August 2023. He was a retired district superintendent who led the Maine District (1971-1988) and the Northwestern Ohio District (1988-1998).

More than 1,600 women from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Mozambique gathered to experience fellowship with other Nazarene women, uplift each other, and experience renewal and empowerment.

The Jiwaka North District hosted a four-day laity retreat in the Jiwaka Province for all three districts. The retreat focused on inspiring and empowering the laypeople to take ownership in spreading the gospel in Papua New Guinea.

In 2023, a significant milestone in the leadership of NYI Peru was established. The first National Leadership Summit occurred, "Flight 28:19," from 29 June to 1 July in Chiclayo. A Maximum Mission project and the district camps followed the summit.

Four men entered Reconciliation Ministries’ recovery program with the goal of getting clean and sober. God spoke to them as they worked towards sobriety and permanent life change, and after graduation they went on to receive local minister’s licenses.

Over 20 Nazarene Youth International district presidents from Africa East gathered in Jinja, Uganda, for a four-day retreat to facilitate networking and relationship building among district presidents, as well as equip district presidents with the necessary knowledge and skills.