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DiscipleshipPlace.org would like to congratulate the following individuals for being approved by their pastor and local church board to receive the certificate of lay ministry. Upon approval, they will complete the Lay Ministry Courses . Douglas Beatty , of Hershey Church of the Nazarene,

DiscipleshipPlace.org would like to congratulate the following individuals for being approved by their pastor and local church board to receive the certificate of lay ministry. Upon approval, they will complete the Lay Ministry Courses . Loralee Collins , of Church Street Church of the Nazarene, New

The following is a weekly listing of Nazarene ministers and leaders who recently went home to be with the Lord. Notices were received 4-9 July 2021.

Elizabeth “Beth” Merki, 88, of Millville, New Jersey, passed away 29 June 2021. She served as a missionary for 32 years in South Africa, Swaziland (now Eswatini), and Papua New Guinea, alongside her late husband, Robert Merki.

When the COVID-19 pandemic made working and meeting in person impossible for pastors in the South Cone Field, Field Strategy Coordinator Alessandro Polonio and his wife, Christiane, had to get creative.

Eleanor Drinkwater, 96, of Leesburg, Florida, passed away 30 June 2021. She was a missionary for 21 years, serving in Swaziland (Eswatini) and Malawi alongside her husband, J. Edward Drinkwater.

More than 4,000 participants, including nearly 1,100 quizzers, joined together in 26 different competitions around the United States and in Trinidad & Tobago for World Quiz 2021.

The Foundry has completed The New Beacon Bible Commentary, a commentary set written from a Wesleyan perspective. Each commentary is authored by notable biblical scholars and is designed for use by pastors, teachers, and Bible students​​​​​​​.

Daryl Arthur Schendel Sr., 84, passed away in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on 12 June 2021. He was a missionary to Papua New Guinea with his wife, Elizabeth, for more than 15 years.

In this month's edition of Nazarenes in the News, read about an Oklahoma Nazarene who was gifted a bike, a North Dakota community rallying to help a Nazarene Church, and the 100th anniversary of a West Virginia church.