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Janine Tartaglia Metcalf is pastor of El Cajon, California, Church of the Nazarene. She and her husband, Ed, have two grown sons. Coming from a journalism background, she shares compelling faith and vocation stories. Where were you born and raised? San Luis Obispo, a college town on the central…

I've been thinking about revival-maybe because it's spring and my spiritual clock anticipates a protracted meeting usually in the autumn and spring in the local church. My thinking has turned to prayer for revival. It's on my heart and mind each time I enter my daily devotional times. My Web…

"Jesus is Lord!" was a common greeting among New Testament believers. They confessed a lifestyle of radical obedience to the Lordship of Jesus. In the fullness of the Spirit "Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, . . . was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and nights he…

Q. It seems that many who attend church as children and teens drift away when they enter young adulthood. Many churches seem to find it difficult to minister to this age group. What can be done? A. One of the most fulfilling ministry assignments I have experienced in the local church has been my…

One prominent Christian ethicist is fond of saying that the primary task of the Church is to “be the Church in contrast to the world.” What he means by this is that our witness as the Church begins with authentically proclaiming and living out the radical new kingdom that God has introduced through…

The call of God is a process. Whether it is a call to vocational Christian ministry (i.e., the pastorate) or the calling to another vocation, the initial prompting, ongoing preparation, and necessary affirmation in God’s call are spread out over a lifetime. My own calling to vocational ministry…

Rolf Kleinfeld and his wife, Debbie, were missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene from 2003-10. Serving on the Asia Pacific Region, Rolf was field strategy coordinator for the Southeast Asia Field in Bangkok, Thailand. They have two grown children, Joshua and Susan, and three grandchildren.…

"Christianity and Judaism are arguably the most 'worldly' religions on earth." Upon hearing that for the first time my jaw dropped. "Worldly," where I was raised, meant one thing: sin. Armed with "pure doctrine" I prepared for battle. But, like much of my education, I needed to "unlearn," and…

"Christianity and Judaism are arguably the most 'worldly' religions on earth." Upon hearing that for the first time my jaw dropped. "Worldly," where I was raised, meant one thing: sin. Armed with "pure doctrine" I prepared for battle. But, like much of my education, I needed to "unlearn," and…

"But why do I not get back quicker when I want to so bad?" Not because God does not want the work done. Always because we fail in some way; it may be we have never repented half the way back. It may be we have some mental reservation, or are holding to some secret desire that God cannot grant.…