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Eurasia Nazarenes help people in need during pandemic

April 21st, 2020|

“We trust that this is not just a time that we shall skip through, but God will speak to us and teach us new ways to be the church,” said Rev. Kaj Ove Bollerup, district superintendent for the Nazarene church in Scandinavia. As billions of Christians around the world observed [...]

Eurasia Nazarene theological education rapidly adapts to corona virus

April 17th, 2020|

There are four Nazarene colleges in the Eurasia Region, serving the higher education and leadership training needs of Nazarenes across dozens of countries. As the world adopts varying stay-at-home and social distancing measures to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Nazarene colleges are rapidly shifting to continue delivering high [...]

Nazarenes in Italy, Spain, France and Portugal utilize technology to meet pandemic challenges

April 9th, 2020|

Social media has proven to be the most effective method to keep Nazarene churches across the Western Mediterranean Field connected and united in prayer during national quarantines instituted in response to the global pandemic. To keep the church connected in Spain, the phone application WhatsApp, which allows free  international [...]

Rev. Mária Gusztinné Tulipán – newly elected Rector of EuNC

April 3rd, 2020|

On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 Rev. Mária Gusztinné Tulipán has been elected as the 12th rector of European Nazarene College. Prior to her election, she served as pastor of the Budapest Church of the Nazarene in Hungary. She and her husband Imre were instrumental in starting the work of the Church of the [...]

Nazarenes in Eurasia respond to, and are affected by, COVID-19

March 17th, 2020|

“We do not focus on the limitations but on the opportunities this crisis provides.” Rev. Antonie Holleman, district superintendent of The Netherlands represents the attitude of many Nazarenes and leaders across the Eurasia Region, as they halt or postpone regular activities in order to protect the vulnerable in their [...]

Eurasian Nazarenes discover an “Invisible World” at second Regional Conference

February 19th, 2020|

In January 2020, 334 participants representing 17 countries and speaking 21 languages came together in Hyderabad, India, for the Eurasia Regional Conference called The Invisible World. This regional conference offered a rich opportunity for cross-cultural learning, as stories, perspectives, challenges, and ways to pray were shared. Through these, the way [...]

Eurasian Nazarenes discover an “Invisible World” at Regional Conference

December 11th, 2019|

[cs_button button_size="btn-lg" button_title="More images" button_link="https://invisibleconference.org/conference-cyprus-with-images/" button_border="yes" button_bg_color="#3aa3f8" icon="Choose Icon" button_icon_position="left" button_type="rounded" button_target="_blank"] Five hundred Nazarenes from many countries entered an “Invisible World” at the Eurasia Regional Conference, held 14-19 November, 2019, in Kyrenia, Cyprus. The “Invisible World” conference theme allowed the gathering to explore ways the church in Eurasia experiences [...]

Albanian Nazarenes lose church building, respond to community needs after earthquake

December 4th, 2019|

Nazarene missionary to Albania, Steve Beiler, reports that more than 50 schools are damaged and several buildings around the Kombinant Nazarene Church, in the city of Tirana, have been declared unlivable as the result of a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the Southeast European country of Albania on 26 November. Two [...]

135 new believers baptized in Bangladesh

September 16th, 2019|

On 25 August, 135 people were baptized in the North District of Bangladesh. They had given their lives to Jesus after watching the JESUS film, presented by two Nazarene JESUS Film teams conducting evangelism and discipleship in the North District. During the baptism ceremony, Binoy, one of the 135, publicly [...]

The first Nazarenes in a new country

July 24th, 2019|

The Church of the Nazarene has established its presence in a new, southeastern Eurasia Region country through a local church planter and evangelist. It is not easy for missionaries to enter this country since the government prohibits Christian evangelistic activities. So, when a citizen expressed a desire to plant Nazarene [...]

The elderly woman who used her illiteracy to spread the gospel to her village

November 22nd, 2018|

In a small village in the state of Maharashtra, India, lives a woman of 65 years named Praryagabai. She has never been to any school and doesn't know how to read or write. But one day, Pastor Rev. Ashish Kharchan told Praryagabai the story about Jesus Christ. Upon hearing about [...]

SANBC hosts professional development seminar and theology conference

October 2nd, 2018|

Professional development was the focus of a two-day event hosted by South Asia Nazarene Bible College (SANBC) in Bangalore, India, in early August. The event also included two additional days for SANBC’s third Wesleyan Theology Conference, a contextualized continuation of the Global Theology Conference held in the United States in [...]

Kerala flood story

September 7th, 2018|

More than 400 are reported missing, nearly 400 were killed, and 1.2 million people have taken refuge at relief camps in India’s southern state of Kerala, where there are 11 Nazarene congregations. Reported as the area’s worst flood in a century, the August natural disaster was caused by the early [...]

India Field Manual Translation Summit ensures Manual’s rapid translation into 10 languages

July 23rd, 2018|

BANGALORE, INDIA -- Twenty-four participants representing 10 different language groups from India gathered June 25 to 29 for a Manual Translation Summit to work together on translating the Church of the Nazarene denomination’s most important identity document– the Manual. Although the Church of the Nazarene has existed in India since [...]

London Nazarene church hosts televised performance of Royal Wedding choir

May 31st, 2018|

LONDON, ENGLAND -- Karen Gibson entered the Church of the Nazarene’s Fresh Ground Coffee Shop, in the Battersea neighborhood, looking for a cup of coffee. She found much more than that. “From first the day I stepped into Fresh Ground, there was something that felt right about the place,” she [...]

Eurasia Nazarenes bring regional perspective to Global Theology Conference

May 22nd, 2018|

Twenty-five Nazarenes representing Eurasia joined a total of 300 Nazarenes from around the world in Florida, USA, to look deeper into theology at the denomination’s fourth Global Theology Conference. The thinking that shaped this March 2018 Global Theology Conference was to examine the focus of the Nazarene church. “At times, [...]

Bangladesh Nazarene church marks 25th anniversary with Silver Jubilee

March 27th, 2018|

Prodeep Roy had a very personal reason for joining 500 Nazarenes in February to mark the 25th anniversary of the Church of the Nazarene in Bangladesh. “Today I thank God because many years ago I received Jesus Christ through the Nazarenes.  Today is a day to thank God for his [...]

‘The last shall be first’: Sudhir’s story

January 31st, 2018|

Sudhir had short and crooked arms. He had just finished his junior college in Chandikapur, in Maharashtra, India, and was thinking about how to begin earning an income. Since he was an eldest son, he felt responsible to support the family. But his short and crooked arms created a difficulty [...]

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