Friday, May 5, 2017

The Asia Pacific Regioin of The Global Church of the Nazarene in Kaytikling, Taytay, Rizal, Manila 1920 Philippines with The Around The Region... Latest WMC News Videos, New Doctors in PNG, Ex-Missionary to PH Passes Away, NHM Kudjip Projects Near Completion, Next-Gen Faith, GA Update, Praises, Prayer Requests and MORE! Volume 5, Issue 18 for Saturday, May 6, 2017

The Asia Pacific Regioin of The Global Church of the Nazarene in Kaytikling, Taytay, Rizal, Manila 1920 Philippines with The Around The Region... Latest WMC News Videos, New Doctors in PNG, Ex-Missionary to PH Passes Away, NHM Kudjip Projects Near Completion, Next-Gen Faith, GA Update, Praises, Prayer Requests and MORE! Volume 5, Issue 18 for Saturday, May 6, 2017




Join Us In Prayer For The Asia-Pacific Region
Doctor at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Diagnosed with Tumor- Please Pray!
Doctor at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Diagnosed with Tumor- Please Pray!
Papua New Guinea: Dr. Erin Meier, one of our missionary doctors in Papua New Guinea, is in need of our prayers. She has just recently been diagnosed with a Pituitary Macroadenoma (tumor in the brain).
“I have seen a Neurosurgeon and Endocrinologist and the hope is that I can take some medicines to shrink the tumor and won’t need surgery to remove it,” she explains.
Please commit to pray for Dr. Erin, as well as the ministry team at Kudjip. When one member hurts, we all hurt! Additional tests will be completed to determine the correct course of action. Thank you so very much for lifting this very real need before our heavenly Father!
Prayer Request for the Behr FamilyPrayer Request for the Behr Family
Please pray for Aaron, the eldest son of Dan and Coralee Behr, who has been hospitalized in Ohio with a medical situation and is awaiting surgery. Dan and Coralee are currently serving at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in Manila, Philippines, where Dan is a Professor of Communication. They are making plans to return to the US to be with their son.
Former Missionary to the Philippines Passes AwayFormer Missionary to the Philippines Passes Away
Nampa, Idaho: Retired missionary, Meryle Burkhart, transitioned to her heavenly home on Friday, April 21, 2017. She was 86.
Meryle, together with husband Peter, pastored in Washington and Idaho, and served as missionaries in Guyana and the Philippines.
Meryle Ilene Carrier Burkhart was born on October 6, 1930, at Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Her family became members of the Church of the Nazarene when she was in High School, which eventually lead her to study at Northwest Nazarene College (now University, or NNU.) It was at NNU where she met Peter.
It was in January 1962 that Meryle and Peter solidified their call to missions and were sent an invitation to be interviewed. The rest, you could say, is history. They were accepted and assigned to Guyana, where they served for 10 years.
Meryle and Peter next pastored a church in Nampa, Idaho, which is now known as Karcher Church of the Nazarene.
From Karcher Church, Meryle and Peter re-entered missionary service in 1976 and were assigned to the Philippines. They stayed in Manila for the first four years and moved to the provinces until their retirement in 1992.

Meryle’s participation was to be a strong supporter of the church. She taught Sunday School classes, played the piano, welcomed the people to services, and did everything else that needed to be done.
Philippines- Micronesia Field Strategy Coordinator (FSC) Stephen Gualberto, remembers Peter and Meryle’s ministry during their stay in the Philippines:
“I have several great memories of the Burkharts in the Philippines. Peter became our District Superintendent at Southern Tagalog District when I was a teenager. Meryle was a great Sunday School Teachers’ trainer to us in the district.”
Dr. Floyd Cunningham, Academic Dean of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS,) fondly talked about the Burkharts as well:
“In the Philippines, they initially served in Metro Manila planting churches. Both the Central Church in Quezon City, and the Taytay Church were among the products of their ministry. They lived on and tended to the campus of what was to become APNTS.”
Meryle is survived by her husband, Peter, and their 5 children.
A memorial service will be on May 12, 2017. For more information, please click here.
Please continue to pray for the Burkharts, especially Peter, as they deal with the loss of a wife and mother. We pray that the peace of our Lord will be theirs during this difficult time.
Friends may give through Hands of Hope Northwest or NNU Scholarship Fund.
Contact Mark Wheeler for more details.
Nazarene Health Ministries Close to Completing Housing and Water Projects at Kudjip!Nazarene Health Ministries Close to Completing Housing and Water Projects at Kudjip!
Papua New Guinea: For many years, housing has been one of the biggest concerns at Kudjip Nazarene Mission Station where Kudjip Nazarene hospital, together with other Nazarene ministries are located. Many staff have been living in seriously overcrowded homes, with some families occupying a single room.
The Church of the Nazarene, through Nazarene Health Ministries (NHM,) has already completed thirty-two staff houses and a clean sustainable water project (a triple well system,) that provides water supply to the hospital and to all of the station.
Project team leaders Earl, Kingston and Jordan, with their teams, have done an incredible job and hope to finalize completion of these very significant projects by year end. The access to a clean water supply does not only benefit the hospital staff and mission station, but the surrounding community as well! God is doing great things as those involved look forward to continuing to work in partnership with churches and other donors.
Please pray for the successful completion of these projects. May God touch more hearts to give to this great life-impacting endeavor.

In photo: Mr. Tulbai, with his family of eight.
Mr. Tulbai is one of our Primary Health staff who moved into one of the newly built homes. For more than 10 years, they lived in a small two-bedroom house. Through the housing project, the entire family can now enjoy this great blessing!
Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Welcomes New Doctors!Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Welcomes New Doctors!
Papua New Guinea: Kudjip Nazarene Hospital is excited to announce the arrival of two new doctors who are joining their team!
Dr. Sheryl Uyeda
Dr. Sheryl is a General Surgeon, coming through Samaritan’s Purse Post- Residency program. Samaritan’s Purse has been partnering with Kudjip Nazarene Hospital for many years in helping to bring missionary doctors. In 2016, Dr. Sheryl visited the hospital for two weeks as a resident, where she felt the call to serve in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Kudjip Nazarene Hospital is very blessed to have Dr. Sheryl, not only as an addition to their growing ministry that sees and takes care of surgery patients, but also to train rural doctors to do surgery in rural areas in the Highlands.
Nathan and Beckey Mason
Dr. Nathan Mason, a Family Practitioner, together with his wife Beckey, came through the Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Nathan first became interested in medicine during middle school. He knew God was leading him toward medical missions after joining three mission trips in college. Dr. Nathan will be helping with general medicine needs in outpatient, inpatient, and taking over Dr. Andy’s talipe’s clinic (club-foot children).
Meanwhile, Beckey felt called to the mission field as a child and had her heart drawn to helping orphans with disabilities following a summer mission trip during college.
Dr. Nathan and Beckey have five children- Jeremiah, Josiah, Naomi, Caleb, and Lydia, who are adjusting well to the new setting. The Masons are great additions to the missionary families in Papua New Guinea.
Dr. Sheryl, Dr. Nathan, and Becky have already completed the initial phase of cultural orientation in the bush. Currently, they are simultaneously learning Tok Pisin, tropical medicine and the cultures of Papua New Guinea. We are so truly grateful for their contributions to the ministry, and are excited to see what God will do with them onboard!
Please include Dr. Sheryl and the Masons in your prayers as they adjust and minister in the Highlands. May their presence make more Kingdom Impact at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital and in the surrounding communities.
Tailoring Training For Livelihood and Discipleship? Why Not!Tailoring Training For Livelihood and Discipleship? Why Not!
Myanmar: Trinity Nazarene Church in Tahan aims not only to make Christlike disciples; they also aspire to provide livelihood opportunities for their members!
Trinity Nazarene Church, in partnership with Nazarene Compassionate Ministries (NCM), recently launched a Tailoring Training Program for young women. The training intends to teach the young ladies tailoring skills that they can use to make a living. But more than livelihood skills, the training is also an avenue to mentor these girls in becoming Christlike disciples!
A professional tailor, hired by the Church, is teaching the girls basic to advanced levels in the skill. For better effectiveness, the training has only limited slots. The program started on April 13, and will run for the next four months.
What a way to disciple and be productive at the same time! We are thankful for the efforts of Trinity Nazarene Church and NCM. Pray for the success of the program. May more lives be impacted by this ministry.[Submitted by: Ptr. Jerome T.]
Blessed to Bless: Papua New Guinean Nazarenes Send their First W&W Team to Vanuatu!Blessed to Bless: Papua New Guinean Nazarenes Send their First W&W Team to Vanuatu!
Vanuatu: Over the years, many Work & Witness (W&W) teams have come from around the world to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to participate in various Kingdom projects. Projects that have included construction, evangelism, medical ministry and so much more.
Nazarene churches and communities in PNG are truly grateful for the blessings that God has poured out on them through the generosity and efforts of these teams of brothers and sisters in Christ.
And now they recognize that God is inviting them to pass on the blessing of ‘foreign mission’ engagement! Papua New Guinea celebrated an important milestone as they sent out their very first International Work & Witness team to Vanuatu last month! From the end of March until the second week of April, the PNG Chimbu/Eastern Highlands W&W Team raised their airfare and traveled to Vanuatu to work on the District Center project.
In preparing to go, the Chimbu Eastern Highlands District raised over 50,000 Kina ($15,762 USD) to launch this vital project. These funds alone, represent sacrifice truly on miraculous levels. The team was led by Mundi Dama, with the help of Melanesia-South Pacific (MSP) W&W Coordinator Adam Peterson. Peter Isaac from Vanuatu was in charge of overseeing the project in the area where he serves as District Superintendent.
“This is worth celebrating,” exclaimed Harmon Schmelzenbach, MSP Field Strategy Coordinator. This is what we’ve been praying for… and God has been faithful to respond to the hearts and the efforts of this great Work &Witness team of Nazarenes from Chimbu Eastern Highlands!”
PNG Chimbu W&W Team’s sacrifice to do mission work in Vanuatu is a living testimony that we are never alone, that all of us are part of a great family of God. God has sent an army of warriors in the spiritual battle in Vanuatu, through the W&W team.
“We are excited to see Papua New Guinean Nazarenes moving upward and outward like never before as they continue to advance into strong Kingdom leadership, reflecting the heart of Christ and partnering with God for His glory and the expansion of His Kingdom!”- Harmon Schmelzenbach, Melanesia-South Pacific Field Strategy Coordinator
PNG Chimbu W&W Team is just the start of this next level of mission involvement! May Papua New Guinea be able to send many more teams like this, in the future, to help their fellow Nazarene brothers and sisters all over the world. May God continue to bless them as they in turn are a blessing to others.
Learn more about Work & Witness here!
Check out Work & Witness projects on the Asia-Pacific!
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Kudjip Nazarene Hospital is excited to announce the arrival of two new doctors who are joining the team!
Asia-Pacific Region welcomes Dr. Sheryl Uyeda and Dr. Nathan & Beckey Mason!
Dr. Sheryl is a General Surgeon. Not only will she see and take care of surgery patients, she will train rural doctors to do surgery in rural areas as well!
On the other hand, Dr. Nathan will be helping with general medicine needs and will take over the talipe's clinic. Together with his wife Beckey and five children, the Masons are great additions to the missionary families in Papua New Guinea.
Please include Dr. Sheryl and the Masons in your prayers as they adjust and minister in the Highlands. May their presence make more Kingdom Impact at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital and in the surrounding communities.
Click here to get to know the new team members and their call to missions!
Former Missionary to the Philippines Passes Away
Retired missionary, Meryle Burkhart, transitioned to her heavenly home on Friday, April 21, 2017. She was 86.
Meryle, together with husband Peter, pastored in Washington and Idaho, and served as missionaries in Guyana and the Philippines.
Peter and Meryle served in the Philippines from 1976-1992.
Learn more about Peter and Meryle's ministry, and what leaders in the Philippines remember of them.
Please continue to pray for the Burkharts, especially Peter, as they deal with the loss of a wife and mother. We pray that the peace of our Lord will be theirs during this difficult time.
Follow the link to learn more about Peter & Meryle's ministry, and what leaders in the Philippines remember of them.
Doctor at Kudjip Nazarene Hospital Diagnosed with Tumor- Please Pray!
Papua New Guinea: Dr. Erin Meier, one of our missionary doctors in Papua New Guinea, is in need of our prayers. She has just recently been diagnosed with a Pituitary Macroadenoma (tumor in the brain).
Additional tests will be completed to determine the correct course of action.
When one member hurts, we all hurt! Please commit to pray for Dr. Erin, as well as the ministry team at Kudjip.
Click here to read the prayer request on our website.
Nazarene Health Ministries Close to Completing Housing and Water Projects at Kudjip!
Papua New Guinea: For many years, housing has been one of the biggest concerns at Kudjip Nazarene Mission Station where Kudjip Nazarene hospital, together with other Nazarene ministries are located. Many staff have been living in seriously overcrowded homes, with some families occupying a single room.
The Church of the Nazarene, through Nazarene Health Ministries (NHM,) has already completed thirty-two staff houses and a clean sustainable water project (a triple well system,) that provides water supply to the hospital and to all of the station.
We praise God for the provision, and for touching the hearts of people to give to this life-impacting endeavor!
Click here for more information about this story of generosity and hard work!
Diaspora of Believers from Myanmar Leads to Cross-Cultural Church Partnerships
Engage Magazine: Seeds of the gospel were planted by the first American Christian missionary to Myanmar's ethnic minority Chin people in the 1800s. Those seeds are bearing fruit in major U.S. cities, Thailand and around the world.
Although they are a small ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly called Burma), a diaspora of hundreds of thousands of Chin people are spreading across Asia and now the West. Those among them who are Christians are planting churches wherever they go.
Up to 170,000 Chin people have immigrated to the United States. One of those people, Zozum, pastor of a Chin church in Indianapolis, started his journey like many do: as a refugee.Diaspora of believers from Myanmar leads to cross-cultural church partnerships
Michelle McLane and Gina Pottenger
Seeds of the gospel were planted by the first American Christian missionary to Myanmar’s ethnic minority Chin people in the 1800s. Those seeds are bearing fruit in major U.S. cities, Thailand and around the world.
Although they are a small ethnic group in Myanmar (formerly called Burma), a diaspora of hundreds of thousands of Chin people are spreading across Asia and now the West. Those among them who are Christians are planting churches wherever they go.
Up to 170,000 Chin people have immigrated to the United States. One of those people, Zozum, pastor of a Chin church in Indianapolis, started his journey like many do: as a refugee.
In 1994, Zozum went to New Delhi to study the Bible. Delhi was a center of political activism. By going there Zozum was at risk of being perceived as connected with a rebel movement. But his sense of ministry calling was strong.
Since 1989 when Zozum had become a Christian on what he thought would be his deathbed, he wrestled with God about his calling to become a pastor. Although he grew up in a Christian home, Zozum had frequently been in poor health. Thus, his path to education as a pastor was difficult. It was made more so when, still in Dehli, he received a phone call from his brother warning him that he could not come back to Myanmar. Zozum was suspected by the Myanmar government of being a dangerous rebel.
He applied as a refugee under UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, and after 15 years was granted entry to the United States.
Zozum resettled in Indianapolis, where as many as 15,000 people from Myanmar now live. There, he became leader of a Chin congregation, the Matu Bethlehem Christian Fellowship. While the people were dedicated to meeting, it was difficult to find an appropriate space for worship. Zozum heard about The Point Church of the Nazarene in Greenwood, and went to meet with its pastor, Steve Rhoades.
Zozum and Rhoades spoke for several hours. Rhoades was happy to offer his building, but Zozum felt it would be difficult for his congregation to find transportation the 25 minutes’ distance from where most of his church members lived. The next day, Rhoades took him to meet with Ray McCrary, pastor of Indianapolis Southside Church of the Nazarene, and Ron Blake, the Indianapolis district superintendent. They discussed whether his congregation could worship at Indianapolis Southside Church of the Nazarene, which is located right in the midst of the Chin immigrant population in Indianapolis.
McCrary wanted to make sure the congregations shared similar doctrines.
“[Zozum] said, ‘I’m sitting here today because the Church of the Nazarene really intrigues me. I’ve been studying about the doctrine and it attracts me, and I would like to know more about the church.”
The two pastors entered into a mentoring relationship. They read several books together about holiness, a signature emphasis of the Nazarene denomination, and have continued to meet each week for discipleship and encouraging one another.
The Matu Bethlehem church and the Southside Nazarene church now share one building. By having a place that does not limit their numbers, the Matu Bethlehem congregation has grown to 125 in average attendance for its Sunday afternoon services.
Although they are separate congregations within one building, the two groups are gradually partnering in different ways. The children from both churches meet together for Sunday school, and recently the two youth groups merged, as well. The congregations occasionally join for baptisms, potlucks and other social activities.
“God is bringing the mission field to us,” McCrary said. “It has been a journey (for the Southside congregation). In years past, this area has been a very white, English-speaking population. It’s no longer that. We have the choice of just shriveling up and dying, or ministering to the people who are here.”
Right now the two congregations continue to worship separately due to language and worship-style differences. But pastors Zozum and McCrary dream of eventually merging the congregations for morning worship. They continue gently working to help them all catch the same vision.
McCrary said of Zozum’s flock, “They’ve been very slow in integrating because they feel their lack of understanding of the culture, so they stay within their group. Because of their oppression, they are maybe a little suspicious of other people. It’s a process.”
To minister to the needs of recent Chin immigrants, Southside has opened its space during the week for English language, life skills and cultural adaptation classes provided by the Warren Township School System. The idea was suggested by one of the Chin people.
“My people need training in basic life skills,” the man had told McCrary. “These people will not be going back to Myanmar except to visit their family. They are going to have to integrate into the American culture.”
McCrary also began a discipleship class together with Zozum to provide spiritual training for some from Matu Bethlehem.
The churches’ relationship is not just practical, but has been an expression of love for both congregations.
“Once in a month we have a fellowship with the American church members and Matu church together,” said Nissa, a member of the Matu congregation. “They bring food and we also bring food, and we have some meeting and fellowship. We sing songs and pray and preach, and then after that we are eating together. We all enjoy it.
“These English-speaking people are very friendly,” she added. “Really they love us and show their love [by sharing] whatever we need.”
Follow Zozum's story and how it led to a meaningful cross-cultural church partnership!
Next-Generation Faith
There has been a great deal of research and discussion about the impact of millennials (those reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century) on the church and the impact of the church on millennials. Much of the data tends to focus on the negative aspects of their demographic. However, in my frequent interaction with young Nazarene leaders - both pastors and laity - I am greatly encouraged by their love for the church and their commitment to the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
I have drawn several conclusions about ministry with and among millennials.
Find out why conducting church "business as usual" will not reach the millennials, why these young people are leaving the church, and how you could engage them to continue to be part of the church!
Next-Generation Faith by David A. Busic
There has been a great deal of research and discussion about the impact of millennials (those reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century) on the church and the impact of the church on millennials. Much of the data tends to focus on the negative aspects of their demographic. However, in my frequent interaction with young Nazarene leaders — both pastors and laity — I am greatly encouraged by their love for the church and their commitment to the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
I have drawn several conclusions about ministry with and among millennials.
First, conducting church “business as usual” will not reach them. In 2016, 23 percent of organized Nazarene churches reported having no youth in their congregation. Let that sink in … 5,207 Nazarene churches did not have one single young person ages 12-29. Additionally, recent research reflecting all Protestant churches in the USA reports that 50 percent of the students in our youth ministries will walk away from the church after leaving high school. Of greater Kingdom concern, many of these young adults will also discard their faith in Christ.
It is important to ask: Why are these young people leaving?
Sobering trends demand that we prayerfully reconsider “business as usual.” This is not the time to play it safe. The stakes have never been higher and the opportunities have never been greater.
Second, and on the positive side, studies show that 94 percent of Christians came to faith in Christ between the ages of 4-30 (85 percent between the ages of 4-14). Furthermore, even though half of young adults are leaving the church after high school, half are also staying. Just as the church must ask why some are leaving, it is essential to discover why the other half is staying and find ways to replicate those reasons in our local contexts. How are young adults finding identity, belonging, and purpose in our congregations that makes them want to be a part of us?
Those who are willing to stay have hopes and dreams for the church. I discovered this in a series of focus groups with millennials conducted in the last 12 months. I learned they want to be part of a church that is authentic, honest, incarnational, difference-making, and most of all, Christ-centered. The questions they are asking of the church are simple, yet profound:
  1. Are you (the church) asking the right questions? Do you know the deepest problems facing the world right now, and are you willing to face these problems head-on?
  2. Are you being honest about the shortcomings of the church? Are you willing to do the hard work of changing to be relevant in the future for the glory of God
  3. Do you want me?
  4. Do you need me?
Millennials will undoubtedly do things differently than their predecessors. They are not motivated by the same things as previous generations. They are not inspired by maintaining institutions. But they will give their lives for a movement of God that wants their help.
More than 20,000 Nazarenes will converge on Indianapolis, Indiana, for the Church of the Nazarene's 29th General Assembly and Conventions 21-30 June. It takes an multitude of people to make an event of this magnitude a success, and you can be a part.
No matter your skill set, the General Assembly Arrangements Office would appreciate your help. Volunteers are needed for ushering, welcome centers, greeting at the airport, and registration, just to name a few opportunities. Some volunteer openings require minimal time commitment.
Click here to find out know how you can volunteer!
Hiring English Teachers for Malaysia- INQUIRE NOW!
Malaysia: Dynamic Language Centre is accepting applications for full-time language teachers in their English language center in Penang, Malaysia.
The newly renovated center has been in operation for over 15 years. While they teach many languages, children's and adult English are their main focus.
If you are an experienced children's teacher, enjoy a wide mix of cultures from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and are looking for a rewarding career- we have an opportunity for you!
Follow the link and see the qualifications, and how you can submit your application!
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