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January 27th Edition
NOW AVAILABLE IN
TWO LANGUAGES!
You read it right: WMC News is not only available in ENGLISH,
We now have a
KOREAN version as well!
Joining the WMC News Team is our
Korean correspondent
Mireu Kim!
Here are the headlines for this week's news:
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Asia-Pacific:
Earlier this month, an excited group of high school teens from the Asia-Pacific Region gathered for Rendezvous 2017!
What is the program about? Derived from the literal meaning of the word "Rendezvous," which is "to present yourself," similar groups come together to 'present themselves' to the Father so He can shape their identity and direction, preparing them for the cultural transitions they will make in the future.
Rendezvous happens every two years and this year the event was full of challenges, discussions, coaching, worship and opportunities for relationship building. The focus of Rendezvous events is to help the teens re-enter their passport cultures, and transition well into their adult lives.
Find out how Rendezvous 2017 impacted the lives of the participants as well as their parents! Thank you for the prayers and efforts of everyone who made this event possible!
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Cebu, Philippines:
Rev. Larnie Sam Tabuena, the recently elected president of Visayan Nazarene Bible College (VNBC), will be inaugurated
as the 9th president
on February 10th, 2017. The inauguration will be held on the VNBC campus in Cebu.
Please pray for Rev. Tabuena as he makes this move and begins his ministry in Cebu. Pray that the Lord would give him wisdom and guidance to lead the faculty, staff and students of VNBC. Pray that together they would make an even greater kingdom impact.
Congratulations once again to Rev. Tabuena!
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Engage Magazine: With tears in his eye, Pastor Felix, an immigrant from Africa, said, "I never thought I would be able to earn a bachelor's degree. You are making this dream possible."
Pastor Felix is among a group of pastors who are seeing their dream of theological education come true, thanks to a new partnership to bring bachelor's and master's degrees in theology to Nazarenes in New Zealand.
Over 30 years ago, Neville Bartle, district superintendent of New Zealand, who was then a missionary in Papua New Guinea, wrote in his master's thesis about the church in New Zealand's need for a means of educating pastors.
"Without this education, the church will continue to limp along, becoming increasingly weaker with each passing generation."
Thirty years later that warning still rings true.
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Nazarene Compassionate Ministries:
Over the past three years, more than 400 Nazarene congregations in various countries around the world have participated in
Freedom Sunday
. The event is a day set aside for prayer, worship, and support around the issue of human trafficking. According to the
2016 Global Slavery Index,
as many as 45.8 million people are enslaved
globally.
This year, Nazarene churches are encouraged to participate in Freedom Sunday on September 24, 2017, the last Sunday of that month.
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JESUS Film Harvest Partners: JESUS Film Harvest Partners is celebrating 20 years of service and partnership with the Church of the Nazarene in 2017 - transforming hearts and lives across the world.
In two decades, teams have reported nearly 15 million decisions for Christ, with more than 6.7 million of these new believers receiving initial discipleship follow-up. Teams have planted in excess of 65,000 preaching points.
More than 600 JESUS Film teams continue to serve in 47 countries, focusing on evangelism, discipleship, and church maturation.
We congratulate JFHP for 20 years of service and ministry! We pray that this ministry will continue to touch lives all over the world!
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Holiness Today:
It was the phone call no one wants to receive. The words I heard hit me like a sucker punch: "Your father has suffered a stroke."
To that point, my dad had enjoyed an unusually active, vibrant life into his late eighties. He embraced each day with an energy beyond his years and a contagious joy. He seemed indestructible. Dad had served tirelessly and without complaint as caregiver during the extended illnesses of both my mother and stepmother. Now suddenly, he was the one who was vulnerable, his future uncertain.
Hospitalization and tests quickly followed. Then a barrage of dizzying, increasingly unwelcome reports. Spots on the brain image. Possible tumor. Biopsy. Cancer but probably treatable. No, a highly aggressive, stage-four tumor. The prognosis: months, perhaps weeks.
Lord, I'm not prepared for this! I prayed. He was not only my father but my closest friend, confidant, mentor, and spiritual example.
I didn't realize it at the time, but God, using my father as His teaching assistant, had just enrolled me in a crash course. The title: Lessons in How to Die.
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Links You Might Like! (More coming weekly)
Articles
Selected Nazarene Resources
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