Harmon and Cindy Schmelzenbach serve as missionaries to the Melanesia and South Pacific fields, which currently include work in the countries of Samoa, American Samoa, The Kingdom of Tonga, Fiji,...
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By Engage magazine on Apr 10 2012
Michael and Tamara Hudson, missionaries in the Romania District, are serving through youth mentoring, church planting and church development. Michael is the theological education coordinator, and...
By Engage magazine on Apr 3 2012
Ronald and Rachelle (Shelly) Miller are missionaries on the island nation of Madagascar, where they have served for the past year. The couple hold a wide variety of responsibilities, being both...
By Mary Spaulding on Mar 29 2012
In Liberia, a country where civil war has decimated the lives of its people for years, those who waged that war had purposefully targeted the educated, the teachers, the schools, the school...
By Mandie Schaper on Mar 22 2012
In Winnipeg, Canada—a multicultural melting pot—a small church is using a simple format to meet the needs of the South Asian community.
“It reminds me of an early New Testament church,” says...
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By Roger Lutze on May 21 2012
What does it actually look like to be a missional church? This is a question many have when they hear the challenge from our Nazarene leaders to become more missional. The opportunities to be missional are as endless and varied as the mind can imagine. I have the pleasure of being the executive director of the Flint Eastside Mission in Flint, Michigan. We have been serving the...
By Africa Region on May 17 2011
Lucas is the son of missionaries Spencer and April Baggott who are currently serving in Rwanda.PrologueHi, my name is Lucas. I am 8 years old and in the 3rd grade. I am writing this book because of three reasons: 1) because it is for school, 2) because my mom told me to and 3) because it sounded like fun.I have a family of five. I have a baby brother a sister and my mom and dad. My brother’s name...
By Jonathan Phillips on Apr 20 2012
At first glance, a discipleship group with only three participants may seem insignificant and almost pointless. When we look deeper, we recognize that the success of discipleship does not rest solely on the number of participants, but rather in the way they allow themselves to be transformed by God’s Spirit. When I was asked to lead the men’s group in the Church of the Nazarene in the...
By Mandie Schaper on Apr 13 2012
Dominica has been called “The Garden of Eden.” One visit to this small, often unheard-of, island country in the Lesser Antilles reveals why: pristine rivers and waterfalls, virgin rainforests, no poisonous animals or insects, abundant fruit, secluded black sand beaches, relaxing thermal springs, and a comfortable year-round temperature. It is here that seven local churches of the...
By Neville Bartle on Mar 19 2012
A church member parked a van in front of the Wainuiomata, New Zealand, Church of the Nazarene, and opened the doors, saying, "I have brought some helpers." As our astonished Work & Witness team watched, a group of men wearing tattoos and hoodies climbed out of the vehicle. The new arrivals did not look happy to be there.God answers prayer in rather surprising ways.It was only the day before...
By Dani Castlehow and Janary Suyat on Mar 20 2012
Editor's note: Twelve young adults from nine countries are launching a new mission program in Mesoamerica called 12:7 Serve. The youth raised funds to spend six months in one of seven locations on the region where they will be involved in cross-cultural ministry. The objective of 12:7 Serve is to create opportunities for youth to confirm a call to missions, as well as to build vision and momentum...
By Sandra Swift on Feb 29 2012
Hannah Van Dyke may be just 8 years old, but she did something big: held a yard sale and raised $229.05 for relief work in Haiti.East Liverpool (East Ohio District) is located in the Ohio River Valley, an area known unfortunately as the Rust Belt because of severe joblessness. Bordering Pennsylvania and West Virginia, East Liverpool was once known as the Pottery Capital of the world. Hannah...
By Dan Meeks on Jan 23 2012
Editor's note: Pastor Dan Meek and his family, of Canadian Hills Church of the Nazarene in Yukon, Oklahoma, participated in Southern Nazarene University's 22nd annual Commission Unto Mexico mission trip the week after Christmas 2011. Meek writes about how this trip affected his family before, during and after. It was a true step out into faith.Commission Unto Mexico marked our family's second...
By Olivia Kines and Dr. Matt Price on Mar 6 2012
Traffic: Sold Into Slavery is the story about a fictional 15-year-old girl named Lupita. In Guatemala, Lupita and her sister live with their uncle, Cesar, in the large capital city. One day, Cesar tells Lupita that he has found her another job. He takes her to a large house in a wealthy neighborhood. After he leaves, more girls arrive at the house. The next day, the girls are taken to...
By Jessica Honea on Jan 17 2012
For 45 years, Christians associated with Southern Nazarene University have been traveling to Mexico annually to work and witness with their brothers and sisters in the Lord. This year, I was given the opportunity to join them in their ministry.Considering that it was my very first mission trip, I am not hesitant to say it was the most worthwhile experience I have ever been a part of.Each...
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