First Woman Ordained in the Philippines Passes Away

Rev. Ricareda “Rica” Verceles Valuenzuela, a retired pastor who was the first woman to be licensed to preach and later to be ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines and the first Asian representative to the General NWMS Council of the Church of the Nazarene, went to be with the Lord on […]

Discipleship Summits Held In The Philippines

One of the Asia-Pacific Region’s priorities is Ongoing Discipleship. One way that the region is achieving this goal is to use small group ministries as a way to disciple Nazarenes throughout Asia and the Pacific. One example is in the Philippine-Micronesia Field, where SDMI in partnership with NYI launched a series of Nazarene Discipleship Summits. […]