Tuesday, June 27, 2017

The Global Nazarene Communication Network News in Lenexa, Kansas, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Tuesday, 27 June 2017: "General superintendents elected"

The Global Nazarene Communication Network News in Lenexa, Kansas, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Tuesday, 27 June 2017: "General superintendents elected"
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Indianapolis, Indiana
Called to serve: Chambo elected GS
Filimao Chambo, Africa regional director, was elected the 42nd general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene 26 June. He was elected on the 7th ballot at the 29th General Assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
After being escorted to the stage by General Secretary David Wilson and a host of African delegates, he was embraced by General Superintendent Eugénio R. Duarte – the first African general superintendent (Cabo Verde).
Chambo, who is from Mozambique and lives in South Africa, addressed the assembly.
“As a child, I sensed in one of my conversations with the Lord that he was calling me into full-time ministry,” he said. “My response to the Lord was 'no, this will not happen … if you really need to call someone, call my brothers or my sister.'”
Chambo, born in a Nazarene hospital to parents who were both pastors, shared that he attended a youth camp where a missionary couple prayed God would call young people into the ministry. It was at that camp Chambo again heard God’s call to be a minister.
“I said, ‘Lord, I really thought that we settled this many years ago.’ But I’m glad that in that youth camp I said yes to the Lord,” he said.
In college, Chambo said he sensed God was calling him to a ministry beyond just one location.
“It was clear that God was calling me to be available to serve His people around the world,” he said. “One thing that I know is that when God calls, it’s not just a one moment call. He continuously calls us every day, every moment, for whatever He wants us to be a part of.        
“As I stand here before you today, I stand as a servant of God who has been equipped by the church, transformed by God, willing to continuously surrender his life to be a servant.
“My prayer was if it is of God, it will give me peace,” he continued. “So, I stand before you and say “yes, I accept to serve you.” 
Chambo completed a diploma in theology at Seminario Nazareno em Mozambique, a Bachelor of Theology at Nazarene Theological College in South Africa, a master's in biblical studies at the University of Johannesburg, and his Ph.D. in biblical studies at the same university. He was ordained in 1999. Chambo speaks several African languages in addition to English and Portuguese. He has served in many leadership roles, including pastor, teacher, and principal.
Filimao and Samantha Chambo have a daughter, Tsakani, and a son, Emanuel.

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Indianapolis, Indiana
Child of a global church: Sunberg elected GS
Carla Sunberg, president of Nazarene Theological Seminary, was elected the 43rd general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene 27 June. She was elected on the 11th ballot at the 29th General Assembly in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
“Dear church family,” she began after a lengthy ovation. “I am completely overwhelmed today. Thank you so much for believing that God might be able to use me in this kind of a capacity. I am simply God’s child, and I am a child of this global church. You are the ones who raised me up, and I say thank you.”
Sunberg, who was born in Germany and raised on the mission field, thanked her German church family – in German – before switching to Russian to thank her Russian church family. Carla and her husband, Chuck, served as missionaries to the former Soviet Union.
“Thank you to my brothers and sisters in the former Soviet Union,” she said. “It was a privilege when I was ordained with all of you; and may God bless you all!”
Sunberg was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene in 2004 in Moscow on the Russia North District. She and Chuck were pioneer missionaries for the denomination, living in Moscow for 13 years. She served as director of compassionate ministries there and later as director of theological education on the Commonwealth of Independent States Field.
In 2005, the Sunbergs returned to the U.S. and pastored at Grace Point Church of the Nazarene in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Carla served as pastor of evangelism and discipleship. In 2011, she and Chuck accepted a call to serve as co-district superintendents for East Ohio.
Carla is the second woman general superintendent in the denomination’s history, joining Nina G. Gunter, who gave Tuesday’s morning devotional to the assembly.
“As a little girl, my only desire was to follow and serve Jesus,” Carla said. “And I have to confess to you as I grew up in the church, I didn’t know if there would ever be a formal way for me to do so. A little bit later in life, my dear, sweet husband said to me, ‘If only you were a boy, you would have been the preacher in the family.’ And that day, the voice of the Lord said, ‘And why aren’t you?’
“And so my dear sisters,” she continued, “God has raised up sons and daughters to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am honored.”
Sunberg, who was elected president of NTS in 2014, said she and Chuck had been praying in advance of General Assembly “should this day (the election) ever come.”
“Recently the Lord said to us, ‘You must be willing to be willing,’ and so, I stand before you today willing and committed to humbly serve my church.”
Carla, who is the daughter of former general superintendent Jerald D. Johnson (1980-1997), thanked her father from the podium, wishing he could have been in Indianapolis.
“Thank you, Dad and Mom,” she said.
Carla is the first second-generation general superintendent.
She has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from MidAmerica Nazarene University, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Nazarene Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Historical Theology from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. In May 2012, Carla was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Olivet Nazarene University.
Chuck and Carla have two adult daughters, Christa (Maciver) and Cara (Shonamon).
With the election of Filimao Chambo Monday as the 42nd general superintendent, the Board of General Superintendents is set for the next quadrennium:
Eugénio R. Duarte (Cabo Verde)
David W. Graves (USA)
David A. Busic (USA)
Gustavo A. Crocker (Guatemala)
Filimao Chambo (Mozambique)
Carla M. Sunberg (Germany, USA)
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The 2017 General Assembly worship services and GA plenary meetings will be live streamed for online viewing (Note: SDMI, NMI, GNEC, and NYI plenaries are not able to be broadcast). For Spanish, French, and Portuguese, interpreters' audio will be included. Services will be archived and posted for additional/later viewing.
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