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For many, leadership development is an unrealized dream in youth ministry. We hope for a youth ministry team made up of and led by the youth of our church, and yet it is often easier and faster to...

When I arrived in Papua New Guinea in 2003, I knew little about the history of Nazarene work there. What I knew, was the fact that the work had been planted by Sidney and Wanda Knox. I had started...

Nazarene Missions Reading Book 2020 Revised Edition Kay Browning served with her husband Lindell as missionaries in the Middle East from 1980-2014. No one knows the path his or her life will take, nor...

Many who will read this book will find connections to the stories presented here. Africa Nazarene University is to-day the result of many investments from across the global Nazarene family. Some have...

The story of Leighton Tracy, a pioneering missionary to India, was originally told by his daughter, Olive Tracy. Tracy Sahib, a servant of Christ in India, is a testament to God's faithfulness to...

This is the true story of one of my former students, Rev. Shiro Kano of Kyoto, Japan. Dr. Allen E. Woodall, who declared in a composition class at Boston University in the summer of 1946, “The story...

This vibrant, full-color booklet uses the powerful imagery of The Story of Jesus for Children film to help you lead kids to the Savior! It includes the ABC's of Salvation, a prayer of commitment, and...

Taken from The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene, 2017-2021 The Church of the Nazarene's Articles of Faith are the official doctrinal statements of the denomination. These sixteen articles cover a...

Introduction 07 Passionate Evangelism 11 The Evangelization in the style of Jesus 17 Passionate Evangelism with the Power of the Holy Spirit 23 Reasons why the Church does not Evangelize 27 The Church...

A very effective way to signal to the children that it is time to begin is by opening with a song. BOLD VBS includes Five daily themed songs/lyric videos that are designed to introduce and reinforce...

A woman went to buy a cake in an area near the locality of Águas Fundas, a suburban area of the city of Praia in Cabo Verde. When she arrived, the cake was still getting baked, so she went for a walk...

World Evangelism giving fuels the Church of the Nazarene’s mission by combining each person’s and every church’s gifts to fund ministries everywhere. Every church is asked to share a portion of its...

In late July, the first-ever National Congress on Pastoral Theology of the Church of the Nazarene in Cuba took place on the campus of the Seminario Teológico Nazareno Cubano (SETENAC) in Punta Brava...

Aboriginal Australians are considered one of the oldest known civilization on earth, and Southeast Asian settlers arrived in Australia centuries before Europeans arrived in the 17th century. From 1788...

Work in “Additional Areas” began in 1994 and continues to the present. These “Additional Areas” are located on several of the regions where the Church of the Nazarene has works. These areas tend to be...

In response to Christ’s Great Commission, missionary organizations were established by various groups and denominations. Nazarene Missions International (NMI) traces its origin primarily to the...

The work of the Church of the Nazarene began officially in the United States in 1887, though the formal organization of the denomination occurred in 1908 with the merger of several like-minded...

The work of the Church of the Nazarene in Armenia was established officially in 2002. Armenia is a landlocked, highland nation bordering Turkey, and surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat...

Argentina is one of the once United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, which in 1816 declared their independence from Spain. Originally, these provinces included Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and...

Following the end of World War II, in the late 1940s, the Church of the Nazarene was experiencing a need for more mission funding. At a meeting of the Global NMI Council, Elizabeth Vennum was asked to...

Formerly known as Swaziland, Eswatini, a small, rural, and landlocked country, shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique. Swaziland’s autonomy was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th...

Compassion has been part of the Church of the Nazarene’s story since the beginning. From early relief efforts in India to building hospitals and schools, Nazarenes have always responded to the needs...

Parts of India are considered some of the world’s oldest civilizations (third and second millennia B.C.). From the 1800s, India was part of Great Britain, which influenced some of its culture; however...

Guatemala is known as the place of origin for the Mayan civilization, which flourished there for the first millennium A. D. In 1821, it won its independence from Spain following three centuries of...

NMI is the global missions advocate in every local church, nurturing a spirit of missions, and mobilizing into action, impacting people around the world. Flowing out of Nazarene Missions International...