Nazarene Churches in Germany donate Lego for the new ministry in Luxembourg
As part of my bachelor's thesis, I contacted various ministries of the Church of the Nazarene in the Eurasia Region - including our new brothers and sisters in Luxembourg. This is how I got to know Antonio Cardoso, the leader of the work there. In conversation with him, I learned [...]
Young leader in the Netherlands focuses on a better world
Frank Holleman is a young leader and business founder from the Netherlands. He describes himself as a storyteller and dreamer, who wrote the book 'Fork Ranger' to make it easier for anyone to be part of the climate solution. While Frank is an active member of both his local church [...]
Interview with pastor Veres from Hungary
When did you feel God’s calling in your life? I became a member of the Church of the Nazarene in the first year of my marriage. I started to see God in many things around me. An area that I felt called to was to serve towards the elderly when [...]
A Triple Crisis: Responding with Compassion in Lebanon
“We were already tired, and the blast knocked us down,” says R. Awad, a parent of students at the Nazarene school in Lebanon. Along with the rest of the globe, Lebanon has been coping with the COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic fallout. Add to that an [...]
Nazarene churches in India serve in pandemic surge
Update April 2021 Update May 2021 The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in India are breaking world records, with the total reported number of deaths exceeding 215,000 and rising. Deaths have nearly tripled in the last three weeks and reached more than 3,600 in the last 24 hours. The true death [...]
Korean church inadvertently helps raise more than 7000 pounds for Church on the Street
It happened because of a simple mistake. A member of the Yedam Korean Church of the Nazarene, in Manchester, UK, had set up a justgiving.com account for their congregation’s fundraiser. From October to November 2020, the church’s men’s group challenged themselves in virtual activities such as learning to play the [...]
Manchester Korean Church adapts during pandemic, plants house group in Liverpool
When the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic swept the United Kingdom with lockdowns, the Yedam Korean Church in Manchester had just launched a new church plant in neighboring Liverpool. Just like that, what they’d dreamed about for several years seemed to be over. But God had other ideas. From Manchester to Liverpool [...]
From the rising of the sun – Eurasia’s 24 hours of Prayer
From 30 to 31 January 2021, districts and churches across 40 nations of the Eurasia Region participated in the region’s first-ever 24 Hours of Prayer initiative in creative and diverse ways. Some involved “witnesses” from other nations via Zoom to share how God is working, followed by short prayer times [...]
Beirut explosion response: counseling and medical care
After a massive explosion devastated Beirut in August, the vast needs are not only for shelter, medical care, food, clothing, and hygiene items; traumatized people also need emotional, psychological and spiritual support. To address these latter needs, in October, the Beirut Church of the Nazarene opened the Balassan Counseling and [...]
Nazarenes in Armenia are providing food and hygiene relief packages
Nazarenes in Armenia are providing food and hygiene relief packages to families displaced by the recent war between Armenia and neighboring country Azerbaijan that erupted on September 27. The Church of the Nazarene does not have a presence in Azerbaijan. In the wake of a ceasefire between the two nations [...]
Nazarene in Jerusalem releases five-song worship album
After hundreds of hours of work with a small team of supporting partners, in October Annabelle Twal announced the release of her five-song album of original music, Until The End, inspired by her faith. Music as ministry Twal, who lives in Jerusalem with her husband, Shahade, and their three daughters, [...]
Board of General Superintendents elect new Eurasia Region leader
The Board of General Superintendents has elected Scotland native Jim Ritchie to the position of Eurasia regional director, effective 19 October 2020. The Church of the Nazarene’s General Board ratified the election with an email vote coordinated by Gary W. Hartke, general secretary. David Graves, jurisdictional general superintendent for Eurasia, [...]
Massive explosion rocks Lebanon
On Tuesday, a large explosion ripped through Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. The devastating blast, which was centered near the port, killed more than 135 people and injured more than 5,000. While the search for survivors is ongoing, the death toll is expected to rise. The explosion demolished the [...]
Outdoors Church holds services while on group hikes in England’s Peak District
Rain or sun, winter or summer, Outdoors Church meets for hiking services in the Peak District, a national park in northwest England. The pioneering project began ironically as a short-term church community for Pastor Helen Lawson and Pastor Kate Barclay in their transition from traditional church leadership roles at Sheffield [...]
Seville church offers daily online devotions and services amid pandemic
Throughout the closures imposed by pandemic-driven stay-at-home orders, a church in Spain has been gathering people online twice a day for devotions, worship, prayer and short sermons. “It’s our vision to have the church always opened so that people can come when they want and need to,” said lead Pastor [...]
Arthur Snijders looks back over 7 years of ministry as Eurasia Regional Director
Rev. Arthur Snijders began serving as the Eurasia Region Director (RD) in October 2013. In March, he stepped down after almost seven years of leading the Church of the Nazarene in this vast and diverse region. In an interview with Where Worlds Meet, he looks back over these years of [...]
Nazarenes repair, donate bikes to health care workers in UK
An old, broken bicycle gave Francis Kinnon an idea: Repair unwanted bicycles and donate them to health care workers in the community. A member of the steering committee at Church on the Corner, a Nazarene church near Blackpool, England, Kinnon has been out of work due to stay-at-home orders. [...]
Testimonies from Jesus Film Team Members during pandemic
“The word of God says to go out in the world and to spread the gospel of Christ, but this situation is totally opposite,” wrote a JESUS Film team member in Nepal. “No one can go out of their home and meet the people. This time is the greatest [...]
Decentralized jog-a-thon invites participants globally to support Nazarene school in Lebanon
Nazarenes in Germany invite runners anywhere in the world to join them in a “decentralized jog-a-thon” 17 May to raise tuition funds for the Nazarene Evangelical School in Beirut, Lebanon. Gelnhausen and Berlin, Germany, have been the sites of Nazarene-organized jog-a-thons since 1986. Usually held in May or June, [...]
Nazarenes in Belarus provide needed supplies for workers at children’s cancer hospital
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Nazarene couple in Belarus is adapting their ministry efforts, and are exploring new ones, including outreach to a children’s cancer hospital. Luca* and Elena* moved to Belarus in 2017 to begin laying the groundwork for establishing the presence of the Church of the Nazarene [...]