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From June 28 to 30, 2019, representatives from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, the United States and Honduras worked in the La Ceiba community in Honduras, 98 participants gathering together to serve others through the Maximum Mission program. The weekend included visitation to a nursing home and an orphanage, creative evangelism, children’s vacation bible school,... Continue Reading →
By Dan Reiland No one ever starts out in ministry expecting to mess up, fail or quit. We all begin with great vision, enthusiasm, and dreams of changing the world for good. So what goes wrong? Why do good and godly leaders (church staff and volunteer) end up crashing in ministry, and end up out... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer How does the word "contextualization" make you feel? Free or fearful? The $64-million dollar question about innovation and change is this: How far is too far? I can't think of any question in the church much more controversial than this one. We've been asking it for two thousand years and rarely ever... Continue Reading →
By Karl Vaters The New Testament doesn’t emphasize the role of pastor nearly as much as our current church structure does. In fact, there’s just one passage – one! – in which the role of the pastor (along with apostles, prophets, evangelists, and teachers) is mentioned. To be sure, there are plenty of passages about bishops, overseers... Continue Reading →
By Scott Armstrong I use apps on my smartphone several hours a day. You probably do, too. Twitter? Fantasy Football? Tracking your steps every day? Yes, there are mobile phone apps for all of those. But you already knew that. Did you know there’s an app for virtually shaving yourself? What about milking a cow?... Continue Reading →
By Joey Shaw It’s been a year or two, or perhaps more, and you are still unable to converse in your host people’s language at the level you had hoped. You get stuck, locals have to slow down, you are constantly embarrassed, you can’t “be yourself,” and you just … don’t … want … to... Continue Reading →
51 persons from three different countries (Haiti, Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic) gathered together March 8-10 to be a part of a glorious time during a Cross-Cultural Orientation (CCO) that was held at the Nazarene Seminary in Santo Domingo, DR. The weekend was a time where each participant had the opportunity to learn and put into... Continue Reading →
Serving God in cross-cultural settings always provokes interesting conversations with those from our passport countries. Some find our forays into missions far away as fascinating and exotic. Nowadays, with globalization and the ability to interact with friends and colleagues all over the world, many people are somewhat nonchalant: “Ah, they are spreading the gospel just... Continue Reading →
Scott Armstrong General Secretary David P. Wilson and Nazarene Research Services recently released the annual Church of the Nazarene statistical reports for 2018. These detailed reports documenting the missional activities of the denomination on a global scale show growth for the Church of the Nazarene over the statistical year, as well as continued growth over... Continue Reading →
By Frank Powell Dear American Church, Let me cut to the chase. I am tired of this club. I want out. Here is the thing. I didn’t sign up to join a club. Maybe there was a misunderstanding. Maybe I contributed to the confusion. I am not sure how we arrived here, but things are... Continue Reading →
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