Talisay Church of the Nazarene in Balangkayan Eastern Samar has recently been granted by the General Church through Alabaster Fund a One hundred and thirty thousand pesos as 50% counterpart of their church building total cost.
(Left) The old church building during their last year’s church anniversary. Church members helped build this temporary building for the said event (more…)
It was one of those projects. You know the kind. Years and Years in the making. In fact, since 2004 APNTS has been working on constructing a library on the third floor of the Nelison Center for Education and Evangelism (NCEE) building.
Greg Taylor has had countless, well it seems like countless, Work and Witness teams coming to help with this. Progress always seemed measured in millimeters. (more…)
by: Michelle Lopez
Brother Saming is 68 years old, and has been a Christian for twenty years and a member of the Paratong Church of the Nazarene. He attended the Centennial Celebration. From his church, only he and his pastor where able to travel because the other members had no money for fare. Here is a brief interview with Bro. Saming about how God has worked in his life.
The Philippine Church met its goals!
Last year during the National Board meeting the various Districts in the Philippines said they were planning to start 52 new starts and they had plans to organize 22 new churches. This year the Districts reported back to the National Board and found they had actually started 47 new starts and had organized 24 new churches. Many of the preaching points in the Philippines actually have worship services going on and the districts reported having 137 preaching points. (more…)
We walked to the back in sweltering heat. Five gigantic tents that can accommodate half a thousand people loomed up beside the district parsonage. To our left hung numerous pictures of the church activities in the district. On our right were people cutting vegetables, meat, and ingredients for dishes, just like you see anywhere in the Philippines when they are preparing a sumptuous festival in the barrio.
