Leer esto en Español.What began as a means of bridging two distinct cultures became a unique attack on a dreaded disease as musicians from Swaziland and the United States teamed up to confront the issues of HIV/AIDS.In March 2013, 20 singers and instrumentalists from Bethany First Nazarene Church (BFC) in Bethany, Oklahoma, joined forces with select Swazi singers along with invited local and district choirs to present a series of AIDS Awareness Music Festivals in four locations across Swaziland. Under the leadership of the four Swazi district superintendents and guidance from the Africa...
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Read this in English. Lo que comenzó como un medio para unir a dos culturas diferentes, se convirtió en un ataque hacia una temida enfermedad cuando músicos de Suazilandia y los Estados Unidos sumaron fuerzas para confrontar el problema del VIH/SIDA. En marzo de 2013, veinte cantantes e instrumentalistas de la Primer Iglesia del Nazareno de Bethany en Bethany, Oklahoma, unieron fuerzas con cantantes Suazilandeses selectos, así como con coros locales para presentar una serie de festivales de concientización por el SIDA en cuatro ubicaciones a través de Suazilandia. Bajo el liderazgo...
Since January, Chuck and Joanne Nicholson have been part of a five-member team working with One Heart Many Hands (OHMH) in the inner city of Indianapolis, Indiana, preparing for General Assembly. The team receives applications from referring partners and then interviews around 120 homeowners to ascertain their needs. They then match the skills of the many teams coming June 16-21, 2013 with the skills needed for each project. Previously, the Nicholsons served in Metro New York after Hurricane Sandy, November 6, 2012 to December 19, 2012. They also served at the Nazarene Camp in...
Happy Mother’s Day, Mama Tshambe!Luisa Timothy Mucavele Chambo, best known as Bessie Louise Tshambe, is the mother of six children including the Africa Regional Director, Dr. Filimao Chambo. She is 67 years old. With great respect and love, she is called Mama Tshambe by one and all.She is tall with a regal bearing. She moves easily, smiles readily and prays with an open heart. She came to meet me, green Bible in hand, on her way to a counseling session at her church.Mama Tshambe and her husband live in Maputo, Mozambique. She recently resigned the pastorate of the largest church on the Africa...
Editor's note: Phil and Martha Patalano have served in São Tomé and Príncipe (STP), a Portuguese-speaking island country on the equator off the west coast of Africa since April 2008. Their jobs include mission coordinator, district superintendent and theological education coordinator (extension program for training pastors). Their sons (Phil and Jason) attend Rift Valley Academy in Kenya. When our older son, Phil, started traveled to his school in Kenya, he flew alone. He was around 14 years old. We gave him the needed documents each time and he made his way safely. He has since...
“Your kingdom come,Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Unpack the Lord’s Prayer and you will find references to: God’s nature and characterCaring for daily physical necessitiesSin and forgivenessGrace-filled living and social justiceTemptation and deliveranceAdoration and worshipAnd, yes, even world evangelism Pray the Lord’s Prayer in a meaningful way, and two phrases at the beginning -- “your kingdom come, your will be done on earth” -- unequivocally address the need for world evangelization. For 2,000 years Christians have...
Ruthie Irene Cordova has served in Guatemala since August 2010 as professor of theology, Bible and pastoral courses at Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS-Guatemala). She also assists with Work & Witness teams, missions and Compassionate Ministries. In addition, she translates materials and interprets for guest speakers and leaders. Prior to this assignment in Guatemala, Ruthie was a professor at the Nazarene Seminary of the Americas (SENDAS) in San Jose, Costa Rica, from 2000 until 2010.Engage: How did you first recognize God’s call to be involved in missions?Ruthie: God’s call to...
The Church of the Nazarene’s Work & Witness ministry is marking its 40th year of lay mission work. Since its official inception in 1974 as “Men in Mission,” the ministry has sent 13,471 Work & Witness teams around the world, with 234,711 participants (figures from last report in 2012). Work & Witness is a grassroots-born ministry in which self-funded teams of as few as two people travel to a site to help with construction, medical, technical, and evangelistic needs for up to 21 days. It all began with the first two men ever being elected to what was then called...
Kent and Kathleen Pelton have lived in Thailand since 2000, serving the Southeast Asia Field. For two years, Kent served as district superintendent of the Northern Thailand District, until February 2013. Kent also has been the chancellor of Southeast Asia Nazarene Bible College (SEANBC) since 2005, but will be stepping down from that responsibility when a new person is elected and installed. Kent is also chairman of The Golden Path, a Nazarene foundation in Thailand established for the development of children and youth through education and literature. While still working with SEANBC, a...
Question: Are there any areas of human trafficking at your ministry site? -- Josiah Mosley Answer: Human trafficking has become a “popular” cause in our world. It’s one that everyone can get behind. Movie stars, sports stars and politicians can all agree on this one: human trafficking is awful and it needs to stop. No one wants to see children, young women and young men, essentially sold into slavery. No one wants to see a little girl sold by her desperately poor family, taken to the city and abused by men. It’s something that pulls at heart strings and is easy for people to get behind....
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