Women play a prominent role in Nazarene pastoral ministry in India and across South Asia. Some are ordained elders; one serves as a district superintendent. Others are local- or district-licensed pastors. Many who pastor have responsibility for more than ...

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A couple of weeks ago there was an unexpected headline in the Netherlands national news: despite previous reports of sharply declining church attendance, it was discovered many communities of faith were alive, vibrant and growing. Guess where the growth w...

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Isaac Ingle stood among the ruins of the ancient city of Pergamum, in southern Turkey, shocked to find that the church planted by the Apostle Paul had long since been abandoned, along with the whole city. Until 2015, Ingle had never traveled outside of hi...

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Have you ever felt invisible? Feelings of invisibility are common to many followers of Jesus. Believers may feel invisible in cultures and nations where Christians make up only a very small minority of the population. They may feel invisible in highly sec...

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The Church of the Nazarene in Italy held its annual leadership camp from 1-3 May. Pastors, ministries leaders and members from all churches spent rich days of communion and discipleship together. The activities were held by Eurasia Region Education Coordi...

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In April, the Eurasia Region held its first three-day Launch event to provide orientation on practical tools and resources, as well as special training in resilience, for new and existing Nazarene missionaries serving on the region. The event is designed ...

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A couple’s call to mission, and the Church of the Nazarene’s desire to establish its presence in a new country, align in Riga, Latvia. Olga and Aleksei Druzhinina have long served the Church of the Nazarene from their home in Saint Petersburg, Russia....

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The taxi bumped and bounced along the rutted, unpaved roads of an economically deprived Indian city to carry Eurasia Regional Director Arthur Snijders and Annemarie Snijders to a small Nazarene church for Sunday worship. The Snijders would be guests at th...

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Luca* and Elena* told God, “Lord, whatever you want to do, you will have to do out of nothing.” That is what happened. After years of ministry in Russia, the couple had just moved to another former Soviet country in early 2017 with the objective of me...

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Pioneering is … seeing the opportunities that others don’t see, even when you are looking at the very same thing. I believe that pioneers have a special God-given gift, they have eyes that see different things than others. The following short story be...

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Rania* was just a teenager when her mom died while protecting Rania and her three sisters. In Palestinian territory, Rania’s family owned a large house and villa right on the border with Israel. In 2007, a militant group moved into their neighborhood, u...

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JERUSALEM – When Annabelle Twal moved with her family from Switzerland to Jerusalem in 2014, she did not even dream that God would make use of her fluency in German to help start a new work. After they arrived, Annabelle and her husband, Shahade, took l...

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