NCN Global News Summary	Volume 0725	June 22, 2007
Nazarene minister to lead Los Angeles anti-gang efforts Los Angeles police say the estimated 40,000 members of street gangs were responsible for 56 percent of the 478 murders in the city this past year. The L.A. Times reports Nazarene minister Jeff Carr was appointed to head a new initiative that plans to reverse these statistics. read more First Clergy Prayer Summit of 2007 a success Olivet Nazarene University hosted the first clergy prayer summit June 11-13 with over 100 in attendance. The 48-hour gathering was filled with prayer, communion, praise and worship, and life application from the Word of God. read more Barbados District sends team to help rebuild hurricane-ravaged church in Grenada On June 2, the Barbados District sponsored a Work and Witness team to the island of Grenada. For two weeks, eighteen people from Barbados joined the efforts of the Fontenoy church in Grenada with the reconstruction of their church. read more KidZone families gather in Argentina for one of the denomination’s largest international projects KidZone, a family-friendly mission project designed by Extreme Nazarene Ministries to be a stepping stone in the completion of the Bruno Radi Convention Center in Argentina, began on Saturday, June 9 with more than 200 participants. read more Making the Climb: What a Novice Climber Learned About Life on Mt. Kilimanjaro “It was just after dawn on a warm January day in 1986 when I first saw Kilimanjaro rising through the early morning mist…” --Olivet Nazarene University president and mountain climber John C. Bowling. read more Additional NCNNews.com Stories This Week Global News Family Life Ministries' marriage initiative goes global It is the hope of Marriage and Family Ministries that this event in Belize will begin a global recognition of the need for building strong marriages to counter the weakening of marriage and family values in the world today. read more Breaking the chains: The positive effects of Maximum Mission and Work and Witness The facility being used to feed nearly 200 children on a weekly basis in Paso Blanco, Panama has a dirt floor and is said to be "barley standing." Work and Witness/Maximum Mission teams come to the rescue and give aid to this growing ministry. read more NTC-Central Africa, ANU celebrate 2007 grads Nazarene Theological College of Central Africa and Africa Nazarene University held their annual commencement and graduation exercises recently. read more USA/Canada News New Mexico District celebrates 94 years The 94th New Mexico District Conventions and Assembly, which featured General Superintendent Nina G. Gunter, were like a “three-day camp meeting,” according to District Secretary Ken Yocum. read more Headquarters Headlines World Mission Films to release short film on life of former Colombian drug hitman Set to debut in July, this short film captures one man’s journey from violence of Colombian drug wars to peace of Christ’s love. read more Collegiate News MidAmerica Nazarene University professors to host journey to Greece MNU religion and humanities professors are hosting a trip to Greece and a five-day cruise among the islands of the Aegean Sea June 20-28, 2008. read more Revised RN-BSN unveiled by MidAmerica Nazarene University Registered nurses (RN) seeking to advance their careers with a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree have a new option for reaching their goal: the re-vamped RN to BSN program at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. 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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