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Rev. Clarence Bowman and his brother, Dr. Roger Bowman, faithfully served within the African American church and the Church of the Nazarene for decades. Their influence is easy to find from West Virginia to California, reaching through multiple Bible colleges like Nazarene Bible College and through…
Why did you enter your specialty?
I have felt called to teach since 7th grade. I started teaching high school history. When I returned for graduate studies, I went into my second love – English – because there were more English teaching jobs and I had a dream to teach English and…
What if your next gift to Nazarene Bible College could do more than support the preparation of effective and Christlike ministers and leaders? Many donors are surprised to learn that there are creative ways to give that may provide tax advantages, generate income, or allow them to make a larger…
Summer is Assembly season in the Church of the Nazarene! NBC has been sending representatives to District Assemblies across the region, plus NYC. These are a couple of the stories we’ve gathered from those events.
A Student at District Assembly
Jon Vlassopoulos is a current student…
Pastor Ann Salyer joined the Church of the Nazarene because she felt called to be a mission president. She had been a Catholic, but when she began seriously reading the Bible, she knew she needed to look for something more. There were many church visits, trying to find the place God wanted her to…
“If God showed us what our lives were going to be like,” says recent NBC graduate Michelle Jennett, “it would be overwhelming!” That must be why He has given her a calling and the grace to follow Him one day at a time.
Michelle Jennett accepted Christ when she was just…
Shane Mitchell served in the United States Navy from 1992 to 1998. Then in 1999, God called him to a very different kind of service – the preaching ministry. But Shane was still a “reckless, unsaved human being,” and he refused the calling. He could not see himself as a pastor.
Desmond Barrett’s life did not start on a path toward pastoring a Nazarene church or earning a doctorate in leadership and professional practice. At nine months old, he and two older brothers were dropped off at their grandparents’ house, and they would not see their parents again for…
The Alaska District is an unusual place.
Pastor Hunter Mizar began serving as district superintendent on June 1, 2025. Since then, he has traveled roughly 45,000 miles by air and 20,000 miles by car to visit pastors and churches throughout his district.
Ministry in Alaska is uniquely…
God is still calling people to His service. The Church needs pastors and preachers and teachers and worship leaders, but sometimes those callings don’t look quite like you might expect.
About 2% of the 70 million deaf people worldwide know the Gospel*. This is one of the most…
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