*The following article was originally published by Ardeo Global: https://www.ardeo.org/blog/2019/8/21/3-common-misconceptions-about-missionaries We believe that to help you gain some clarity in your next steps as it comes to mission work, you should know what misconceptions exist about missionary living. The following are three things our culture tends to get wrong about what it’s like being a... Continue Reading →
Children’s Missionary Retreat – 2019
In the midst of the reality our world lives in, where for various reasons people are increasingly moving away from God and his calling, the Church has been concerned with creating an opportunity where children can learn about the importance of love, serving others, and being part of God's mission. On July 16 and 17,... Continue Reading →
All Hands on Deck
Knowing what mission is and being on mission are two very different things. To be on mission requires initiative, but above all you need a ready and willing heart to work in response to the love of God. From June 23 to 30, eleven young Nazarenes dedicated their week to support the construction of the... Continue Reading →
Operation Rescue
“And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men” (Colossians 3:23). With this verse in mind, from June 20th to the 23rd, the Church of the Nazarene in the Eastern District of the Dominican Republic held its second Maximum Mission in three low-income communities in the town of Bayaguana. With... Continue Reading →
The Story of Christina Begins
Recently, we have been receiving reports from our missionaries who have been planting churches through the Genesis initiative. They have been serving for more than a year in each of their assigned places and they are starting to see a great harvest. Here, we want to share one of the team’s testimonies in Queretaro, Mexico,... Continue Reading →
Being Like Them
By Freya Galindo Guevara “ . . . I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” 1 Corinthians 9:22 When the message of salvation has changed our lives, we become passionate about sharing it. That implies that we must find better ways to share it,... Continue Reading →
Tear Down Every Barrier!
By Luz Jimenez Avendaño “In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. When they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work... Continue Reading →
Beauty in Diversity
By Freya Galindo Guevara There is a type of joke that starts more or less like this: “There was a Chinese guy, an American, a Mexican and a Spaniard…“ The point of these jokes is to exaggerate the differences between different nationalities and exploit the impressions and clichés associated with the people from those countries.... Continue Reading →
To Cross the Barrier
By Freya Galindo Guevara “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 We can define culture as the combination of knowledge, ideas, traditions and customs that characterize a people... Continue Reading →
Seek Peace for the City
By Claudia Cruz Martinez “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce...Also seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” Jeremiah 29:5,7 I have missionary friends who live in... Continue Reading →