NCN Global News Summary	Volume 0804	January 25, 2008
Church of the Nazarene accredited by Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability At a time when some faith-based groups are under scrutiny for their financial operations, the Church of the Nazarene has received accreditation by and has been approved as a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. read more Day of Prayer for Peace in Kenya The Africa East Field Nazarene Youth International leadership is asking Nazarenes around the world to set aside time to pray for peace in Kenya on Friday, January 25. NCM provides a recent update on the unrest in Kenya. read more Central Africa flooding forces nearly 200,000 from their homes As the rainy season in Central Africa continues, the countries located along the Zambezi River—Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—face increasing rainfall and rising riverbanks. read more Mississippi church van vandalized, burned Brandon, Mississippi NewDay Community Pastor Mark Howie thought he was just dealing with his church van being vandalized when he received another phone call from police reporting the van was engulfed in flames. (Slideshow) read more SDMI Discipleship Summits are under way Pastors, staff, and all SDMI ministry leaders of the local church are invited to area Discipleship Summits. The Summits are an opportunity for each pastor and lay minister to explore discipleship in the 21st century. (Slideshow) read more Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week Global News Sacrifice: A testimony from the MAC Region "Dilapidated furniture, aging concrete floors, and walls that had not been painted in years surrounded us," said MAC missionary Scott Armstrong. "On a rickety table sat a new computer with speakers and a printer. Did this teenager who wanted to donate this computer understand what he was doing? This computer represented nearly all that this family owned." read more Widows help themselves and others in midst of political unrest in Kenya Although the newspaper headlines were filled with stories of turmoil and pictures of dying, displaced, hungry, and destitute people, amidst the mayhem there appeared an article which tells how widows are trying to help themselves and each other. read more KNU Christian education scholars unveil new textbook A new textbook, Exploring Christian Education, by Jaime Kang and John Bondy has been published in Korea. Two professors at Korea Nazarene University contributed to the book. read more USA/Canada News NDR offering Disaster Preparedness Training at Eastern Nazarene College Nazarene Disaster Response will be hosting special seminars on Disaster Preparedness Training August 8-9, 2008 at Eastern Nazarene College. read more Collegiate News SNU’s John Martin receives Chamber Hall of Honor Award The Northwest Chamber recently announced the latest inductee into The Northwest Chamber’s Hall of Honor as John Martin, executive director of Development for Southern Nazarene University. read more Community Foundation helps bring SimMan to MVNU Thanks to the partnership and generous $25,000 grant support from the Community Foundation, the MVNU nursing department was able to purchase SimMan®--a specially designed more-than-a-mannequin learning tool. (Slideshow) read more MVNU nursing program receives Weyerhaeuser grant Weyerhaeuser Company has provided Mount Vernon Nazarene University's School of Nursing and Health Sciences with a $5,000 grant to be used for expanding the clinical learning lab. read more Ambrose University College to host Leading Women 2008 Conference Ambrose University College is partnering with twelve other organizations to put on the Leading Women 2008 Conference, to be held in Toronto February 28 through March 1. read more NCN Sports NCN Sports Week: January 18-24 A weekly recap of Nazarene colleges and universities competing in NCAA and NAIA athletics. read more For a full text edition of this week's Global News Summary, click here: Printable Global News Summary (PDF) For daily updates of Nazarene news, see ncnnews.com throughout the week. Be sure to click on "Forward to a Friend" below to share any stories appearing in this week's NCN News.
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