Philippines July 2019 pastoral teaching and training

We are excited for the opportunity for John Juneman and Mark Strickland to travel to the Philippines during the first two weeks of July to work with pastors in various training settings during that time.  John and Mark will split up to work in different locations, including colleges, outlying districts, pastors’ meetings, and preaching in revivals and local churches.  All of the training in the colleges and districts will contribute to helping pastors complete their requirements for ordination.  We feel strongly that this trip has been orchestrated by God and brings together many connections from the past and the present.  It is a homecoming of sorts for Mark as he spent a year of study in the Philippines during seminary, and has a deep love for this area.  It is also a reunion with our seminary classmate, Dr. David Ackerman, who is the education coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines and who is planning this time for us.  Some details are still being finalized, and so a final estimate for a cost for the trip is not yet available.  More details will be coming.  But if you would like to contribute toward this mission, please feel free to use our donation page.  And thank you for your prayer as we seek and trust Jesus for this to be a life-shaping time as we come alongside of these pastors and support the training happening in the Philippines.  For more information on the work of the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines, go to http://asiapacificnazarene.org/fields/philippine-micronesia-field/