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Nov, 22, 2012 0
Our mission is working!
A pastor came to me with a worried look on his face. I had just completed a "Good News Report" at one of the U.S. district assemblies and had given a few exciting statistics about what God has done in the Church of the Nazarene over the past five years. He rejoiced with…
Nov, 22, 2012 0
Wesleyans aren't fundamentalists because that would require them to exchange a high doctrine of Scripture for a low one.
Wesleyans and Christian fundamentalists (hereafter referred to as fundamentalists or fundamentalism) agree on many aspects of Christian doctrine, but there are major…
Nov, 21, 2012 0
United Methodist Bishop Robert Schnase stated in an address:
"We United Methodists must stop blaming societal circumstances and denigrating other religious movements and denominations. God is not finished with United Methodism. Let every congregation devote a full weekend at the church, from…
Nov, 21, 2012 0
Recently, someone asked, "How are the Nazarenes doing in the Middle East?" The answer varies from country to country. Nazarenes in Baghdad face the dangers of explosions in the market. Egyptians live in uncertainty with a drastically weakened economy and a newly-elected government. Syrians are…
Nov, 16, 2012 0
Chaplain Mike Meyer used his cane to steady himself as he knelt at the altar at the Central Florida District Assembly to be ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. As he maneuvered his prosthetic legs into a kneeling position, he remembered how one step in Vietnam changed his life forever.…
Nov, 12, 2012 0
Dear Twentysomethings,
I don't blame you for leaving the church. I really don't.
When researchers report, 'About 8 million twentysomethings who were active churchgoers as teenagers . . . will no longer be particularly engaged in a church by their thirtieth birthday' (You Lost Me: Why Young…
Oct, 29, 2012 0
Q: How does the church minister in post-Christian Europe?
A: That is a big question. If you asked a hundred people in Europe, you probably would get two hundred different answers. One problem in the mainline churches in Europe is that over the centuries, Christianity, which was meant to be a…
Oct, 25, 2012 0
I can't juggle. I don't do magic. I'm not good at puppets. I can't even make a decent balloon animal. But believe it or not, I am a Nazarene children's pastor! I did not enter seminary to prepare to be a children's pastor. Ministering to children and their families is something that God brought…
Oct, 23, 2012 0
Althea C. Taylor was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in the Bronx, one of the five boroughs comprising New York City. Raised in the Church of the Nazarene, she is the youngest of three sisters. In 1999, she left the corporate world to pursue full-time ministry and ordination. Prior to…
Oct, 11, 2012 0
Q: Once it is discovered that someone in the church, clergy or lay, has had an extramarital affair, how can we balance grace and forgiveness with proper discipline and rebuke?
A: As people of grace, we are to follow the Scripture "to admonish and restore gently" (Col. 3:16, 1 Thes. 5:12, Gal. 6:…