Celebrating the life, ministry of Bob Woodruff
Robert “Bob” Leroy Woodruff, 77, of Hamilton Hill, Australia, passed away 10 April 2025. He was a retired missionary and educator who served for five
Robert “Bob” Leroy Woodruff, 77, of Hamilton Hill, Australia, passed away 10 April 2025. He was a retired missionary and educator who served for five
The Nazarene General Hospital held a first-of-its-kind Chaplains’ Training Day at the Mission Station in Kudjip, Papua New Guinea, from from 7 to 11 March
The Bromley District in Papua New Guinea marked a significant moment of progress and community development with the grand opening of its district center on 24 August 2024. The celebration included the inauguration of the district superintendent’s house, a duplex staff house for Tsingoropa Nazarene Primary School, and three health center buildings featuring an inpatient wing, an outpatient wing, and a staff house.
A group of women from churches on the Jiwaka North District of Papua New Guinea brought a food harvest to bless the missionaries at Nazarene General Hospital. The overabundance of food was shared with a nearby orphanage that was in need of food.
God has been working in the lives of those in the Middle Ramu District in Papua New Guinea. Before 2022 ended, the district organized a five-day youth crusade at Gebau Valley, Kovon Local Level Government.
Nazarene Health Ministries opened its maternity wing in its clinic in Wafa, Papua New Guinea, providing a place for mothers to give birth in a clean environment with nurses and nurse aids to assist.
The North Coast District of Papua New Guinea hosted a women’s retreat in Huon Gulf Church of the Nazarene 26-30 September 2022. Over 100 women participated in the gathering.
Urgent prayer is requested by Peter Kui, superintendent of the Bromley District in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Kui shared about the current situation after the recent national election in PNG that led to the destruction of a Nazarene parsonage.
Elizabeth “Beth” Merki, 88, of Millville, New Jersey, passed away 29 June 2021. She served as a missionary for 32 years in South Africa, Swaziland (now Eswatini), and Papua New Guinea, alongside her late husband, Robert Merki.
Daryl Arthur Schendel Sr., 84, passed away in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, on 12 June 2021. He was a missionary to Papua New Guinea with his wife, Elizabeth, for more than 15 years.