NCN Global News Summary	Volume 0731	August 03, 2007
Prayer requested for those affected by Minneapolis bridge disaster According to Minnesota District Superintendent Richard E. Sickels, while there have been no reports of Nazarenes directly affected by the disaster, information is still being gathered from churches in the area. read more BGS Jurisdictional Assignments for 2007-2009 The Church of the Nazarene's Board of General Superintendents is announcing the latest jurisdictional assignments for the Board's six members. read more First title in Books for Pastors—Tools for Ministry distributed to Africa East Field This spring, the first consignment of the Books for Pastors—Tools for Ministry project was distributed to the 12 district superintendents on the Africa East Field. read more Xclaimed Ministries’ 777 event draws 9,000 to Rose Bowl On July 7, 2007 (7/7/07), more than 9,000 people attended Xclaimed Ministries’ first free evangelistic Christian concert at one of the most famous stadiums in the U.S. (Photo slideshow available) read more Pittsburgh District celebrates centennial Throughout the week of July 21-29, the Pittsburgh District celebrated 100 years of ministry to Western Pennsylvania and beyond. read more Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week Global News South African leaders utilizing distance education through NTC Several South Africa national leaders recently met at Nazarene Theological College in Johannesburg for a training workshop on the delivery of distance education. read more Southeast Asia youth ready to grow, ready to go A group of 15 Nazarene Youth International leaders from seven local churches on the Thailand District gathered at the Oikos Church of the Nazarene in Bangkok, Thailand July 28-30. (Photo slideshow available) read more South Asia celebrates Bible College improvements, looks ahead to more Thirty years ago, South Asia Nazarene Bible College (SANBC) existed only in central India and catered to local, Marati-speaking pastors. Today, there are more than 1,300 students enrolled in 80 SANBC education centers across the South Asia Field. read more USA/Canada News Iowa's first Church of Nazarene turning 100 After starting in 1907 as a “Pentecostal Mission” joined together by a common pursuit of holiness, the Marshalltown First Church of the Nazarene will turn 100 this weekend. read more Collegiate News Gunnell Berglund Jorden, former professor at Point Loma and Olivet, passes away Gunnell Berglund Jorden, widow of Dr. Eric Jorden and former professor at Point Loma and Olivet, passed away July 16 in Portland, Oregon. She was 90. read more MVNU welcomes new VP of finance Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) welcomes Jeff Spear as new vice president for finance. read more ENC history professor receives Boston University Humanities Foundation Award Eastern Nazarene College Associate Professor Carla Lovett was recently awarded the Edwin S. and Ruth M. White Prize for excellence in research and writing from Boston University. read more For a full text edition of this week's Global News Summary, click here: Printable Global News Summary (PDF) For daily updates of Nazarene news, see ncnnews.com throughout the week. Be sure to click on "Forward to a Friend" below to share any stories appearing in this week's NCN News.
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