In this episode, Nate Gilmore talks with Cheryl Crouch about recent developments at Nazarene Missions International.

Nazarene Missions International Impact Awards

Purpose: Showcase and celebrate each individual church’s creative involvement in NMI, specifically through implementation of the Five Areas of Impact: Praying, Engaging Children & Youth, Care & Connection, Giving to Alabaster, Giving to WEF.

Goal: To receive video entries from many of our 30,000 Nazarene churches around the world. Submitted videos will be used on social media to encourage creativity and participation in NMI. Winning videos from each region will be featured at the 2027 Global NMI Convention.

How to Enter: Submit a one-minute vertical video showing how your church creatively participated in ONE of the Five Areas of Impact; Keep the emphasis on strong VISUALS; Words can be present but they will not be translated for our global audience.

Process: Local churches will submit videos in their region’s Nubo folder:

Africa: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/wdP2zpESFZcMj5W

Asia-Pacific: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/QTtArm6WJ3rRxSL

Eurasia: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/asdBZ8mpPGgw9DW

Mesoamerica: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/TCFj6GStQFx9sKc

South America: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/ajzbMEwd3HcK8y5

USA/Canada: https://nubo.nazarene.org/index.php/s/fCryCp4XCGLSEN6

Videos must be entered under the correct region and labeled in this way: District – town and local church name (without Church of the Nazarene) – area of impact featured with NO dashes, slashes, or punctuation. (Ex: The Willowwood Church of the Nazarene in Denton, Texas, on the West Texas District would enter their video featuring WEF this way: WestTexasDentonWillowwoodWEF).

District Presidents will choose a committee (which could be the district council) to judge their district’s videos and select one winning video for each of the Five Areas of Impact. Winning videos will receive the District NMI Impact Award certificate. DPs will celebrate the five winning videos and submit them to their regional NMI coordinator via Nubo.

Regional Coordinators will work with Regional Global Council reps to choose a committee to judge the videos and select one winning video for each of the Five Areas of Impact. Winning videos will receive the Regional NMI Impact Award certificate. RCs will celebrate the five winning videos and submit them to Global NMI via Nubo.

Global NMI will work with Communications to format the winning videos for viewing at the 2027 Global Convention, where Global Convention delegates will vote for the top video in each category. The winning videos will receive the Global NMI Impact Award certificate and trophy and the local church, district, and region of each winning video will be recognized and celebrated during the Global Convention.

Timeline:

Promotion & Local churches create videos – January – May 2026

Local churches submit to their districts - June 2026

Districts submit winning videos (1 for each category – 5 videos) to their regions - July 2026

Regions submit winning videos (1 for each category – 5 videos) to Global NMI - August 2026 to be formatted for Global Convention

Global Judging: by convention delegates during 2027 Global Convention

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In this episode, Nate Gilmore connects with Bailey Friberg, Communications Partner Coordinator for the USA/Canada Region. Bailey serves as a vital bridge, connecting local churches to regional resources through strategic partnerships. In this conversation, we discuss the impact of these partnerships, the encouraging revival currently taking place among Gen Z, and the unique challenges of navigating discipleship in the digital age.

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On today's episode, you'll hear Carl Bangs discuss the hymns of Charles Wesley.

Carl Bangs was a professor of historical theology at Olivet Nazarene College and at St. Paul School of Theology. He served as president of the American Theological Society and the American Society of Church History.

His work, Arminius - A Study in the Dutch Reformation, is a seminal contribution to Dutch church history and Wesleyan Arminian studies.

Bangs graduated from Pasadena College and Nazarene Theological Seminary and received a PHD from the University of Chicago.

This recording was featured on the Layman’s Tape Club in September of 1981.

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