Contents DEPARTMENTS 4 Connection Points 27 Called to Compassion 28 Love in Action 30 Snapshot
NCM Magazine Winter Issue, 2016 NCM Magazine aims to tell the stories of the church living out Christ’s compassion. Our hope is that all of us would hear the call to compassion as a lifestyle. Magazine Design: Paul Kinsman Cover Photo: Timothy Scott
NCM MAGAZINE IS A MINISTRY OF N A Z A R E N E C O M PA S S I O N AT E M I N I S T R I E S
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Building Confidence A Nazarene Compassionate Ministry Center in Nashville, Tennessee, provides a safe space for kids growing up in a tough neighborhood. Through relationships, both youth and their mentors are learning the power of believing in yourself.
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Relationship Rekindled As a boy growing up in the Philippines, Sherwin wrote letters to a couple from Arizona who helped pay for his schooling. Then, after years without contact, they met in person and have stayed in touch ever since.
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20 Following the example of Jesus, NCM partners with local Nazarene congregations around the world to clothe, shelter, feed, heal, educate, and live in solidarity with those who suffer under oppression, injustice, violence, poverty, hunger, and disease. NCM exists in and through the Church of the Nazarene to proclaim the gospel to all people in word and deed. n
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Welcome to the Table When a church in California started listening to their neighbors, they kept hearing the same stories of struggles with immigration. Now, their Immigration Resource Center helps people navigate the confusing and difficult process.
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Restoring Resilience For years, rural areas of Sri Lanka have been shut off from any sort of assistance. Through the Justice Movement, Nazarene youth are coming alongside communities to help provide safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
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