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By: Scott Armstrong What important days we have had as the Church of the Nazarene. Recently, the denomination’s 30th General Assembly and Global Conventions adjourned, with key leaders having been elected and many important decisions having been made on doctrine and polity of the Church. One of the things that is sticking with me days... Continue Reading →
This article was taken from http://www.holinesstoday.org/ The Church of the Nazarene is an international body, comprised of people of many languages, cultures, and nations. General Assembly is one of the structures that holds us together. It has been a focal point of our unity from the outset, when three smaller Wesleyan denominations merged at the... Continue Reading →
By: Rev. Scott Armstrong Key Verses: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine... Continue Reading →
By: July Quiterio Cuello At the end of 2021 and the first half of 2022, the Quisqueya Church of the Nazarene in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, began a historic process that came to redefine and challenge the congregation. This happened, thanks to the fact that we decided to participate together with 4 churches in the... Continue Reading →
By: Rev. Scott Armstrong Key Verses: “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. ‘You do not want to leave, too, do you?’ Jesus asked the Twelve.” – John 6:66-67 NIV If Jesus were attempting to form a megachurch, he was well on his way. 5,000+ had come to... Continue Reading →
By: Scott Armstrong, Missions Mobilization Coordinator, Mesoamerica Region As our amazing ministry team is picking up the first leaders and participants, it is dawning on us: Discover Missions is here! This iteration of Discover Missions is the first of its kind in the Church of the Nazarene, and sites and dates are being determined for... Continue Reading →
Dr. Milton Gay Valencia Mesoamerica Regional Evangelism Coordinator “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). Did you know that God prepares us to share the good news... Continue Reading →
By: Scott Armstrong *The following is taken from Lisa Sharon Harper’s book The Very Good Gospel. The first uses of the Hebrew word goy (foreign ethnic group) in Genesis are instructive. The word is found in the list of Noah’s descendants, commonly called the Table of Nations (see Genesis 10). The word is found next... Continue Reading →
By: Scott Armstrong I recently read Lisa Sharon Harper’s The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. I agree with Shane Claiborne, who says, “On these pages, the Garden of Eden meets the world we live in.” I encourage anyone to read the full book; in fact, my hope is to whet... Continue Reading →
*The following serves as the conclusion of Lisa Sharon Harper’s important book The Very Good Gospel. Evidence of the presence of the Kingdom of God is thick wherever and whenever people stand on the promise of God that there is more to this world – more to this life – than what we see. There... Continue Reading →
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