Nazarene Communications Network - News
NCN Global News Summary Volume 1005 January 29, 2010
Haiti update: Nazarenes show generosity; prayers still needed
General Superintendent J. K. Warrick updates the situation in Haiti from the Caribbean Region. read more

"Because He Lives"
"I had no idea how powerful hope could be," a Global Communications team member said from Haiti after his experience on the night of January 28. read more

Video for expatriate Haitian Nazarenes
USA/Canada Mission Strategy Director Oliver Phillips has facilitated a video message from Haitian-American leader Luc Pierre communicating the challenge and response of the Church of the Nazarene in earthquake-ravaged Haiti to both the North American Haitian Nazarene community and the global church. read more

Middendorf celebrates missional efforts in Eastern Mediterranean
Jesse C. Middendorf reports that Nazarenes throughout the Middle East are passionately fulfilling the Great Commission. read more

In Memoriam: 01.29.2010
The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who have recently gone home to be with the Lord. Notices were received from January 25-29, 2010. read more


Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week

Regional News

Asia-Pacific
KNU announces partnership with Cheonan Central Rotary Club
An agreement between Korea Nazarene University and the Cheonan, South Korea, Central Rotary Club will result in scholarships donated to KNU. read more


New teachers to play key role in establishing churches in Asia-Pacific
On the Asia-Pacific Region teachers are a key component of the strategy to serve the 100 plus unreached cities throughout the region. The region's stated goal is to strategically locate 500 teachers in these cities by the year 2020. (Slideshow) read more


Caribbean
Nazarenes in the News: Haiti relief edition (Updated)
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. In this edition: How Nazarenes outside of Haiti are responding to the disaster. (Updated January 29) read more


USA/Canada
2010 USA/Canada District Leadership Conference
It was a first, and it happened in Louisville, Kentucky, just a couple of weeks ago. Four Nazarene ministry groups came together for one USA/Canada District Leadership Conference. (Slideshow) read more


Kids Reaching Kids Mission Offering Project raises over $300K
The latest Kids Reaching Kids Mission Offering Project, The D-Code Challenge, topped the $300K mark for a fourth consecutive year. read more


Former D.S. Dr. Wendell Paris passes away
Former pastor and district superintendent Wendell O. Paris of Tulsa, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on January 25. He was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene for more than 60 years. read more


2010 Come to the Fire
The Come to the Fire Council recently met in Kansas City to plan the fifth Come to the Fire conference. Speakers will include Janine Metcalf, Carolyn Johnson, Beth Coppedge, and Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent of The Wesleyan Church. (Slideshow) read more


Nazarenes in the News
Nazarenes in the News is a compilation of online news articles featuring Nazarene churches or church members. In the news this week: England church opens community cafe; South Carolina church welcomes 172 new members on one Sunday; Tennessee church experiences the Beatitudes of the Bible with social 'experiments'; California church turns 100. read more


Global Ministry Center News

New Nazarenes thankful for church and CLT web site
Continuing Lay Training continues to meet the needs of laity by providing free, downloadable lay ministry courses related to the Bible, best practices in ministry, doctrine, and theology. There have been more than 6,700 lessons completed since the lay ministry studies project launched in October 2007. read more


Global praise reports and prayer requests
This week's praise reports and prayer requests from Nazarene Missions International, JESUS Film Harvest Partners, and NCN News. read more


Collegiate News

Sarah Good joins ENC as marketing and communications specialist
Sarah Good of Quincy, Massachusetts, has joined Eastern Nazarene College as marketing and communications specialist. read more


Nazarene Bible College chosen to join major distance learning transparency initiative
College Choices for Adults, a web site dedicated to providing adult learners with unique information to accelerate and better inform their college selection process, announces publication of data for three additional providers. Ashford University, Nazarene Bible College, and University of the Rockies join the 13 Transparency by Design charter institutions, which already publish information about their program-level learning outcomes, outcome metrics, and how students perform against these measures. read more


NNU to offer fully online MEd in teaching and learning
Northwest Nazarene University Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs Samuel Dunn is pleased to announce the offering of a fully online master's of education degree in teaching and learning. read more


NNU providing complimentary live webcast of 2010 Wesley Center Conference
Given the strong interest in this year's Wesley Center Conference, Northwest Nazarene University is offering complimentary, live webcasting from its campus February 4-6. read more


After receiving offering, SNU makes plans for summer trip to Haiti
The news of the Haiti earthquake spread across the U.S. in various forms and from a number of directions. With the students return to the Southern Nazarene University campus for the spring 2010 semester, the university community responded with an offering taken during the first chapel service of the new year. read more


Microsoft CEO speaks at Trevecca campus event
Trevecca Nazarene University hosted the annual meeting of the Nashville Technology Council on January 20. More than 800 individuals from the Nashville technology community attended the meeting, held in the convocation center of the Boone Business Building. read more


PLNU's Becker heads to Haiti
As governments and nonprofit organizations from around the world offer assistance to those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Point Loma Nazarene University students, faculty, and staff are doing their part to help. read more


NCN Sports

NCN Sports Week
A recap of Nazarene colleges and universities competing in NCAA and NAIA athletics during the 2009 fall and winter seasons. Latest basketball scores, records, and ratings included. read more



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