Our Mission: Urban Ministries exists to develop strategies and provide resources to assist churches and districts in the task of holistic evangelism in the urban areas through starting, strengthening, and stimulating congregations that seek to transform broken lives and impoverished communities.

(Pictured left to right) Rev. Jerry Appleby (SNU), Dr. JoeAnn Ballard (TNU), Dr. Jolly A. Beyioku (PLNU), Dr. Jossie Owens (ENC), Rev. Max Rodas (MVNU), Dr. Fletcher L. Tink (NTS), Rev. David Best, Althea Taylor (ENC)

Our Mission: Urban Ministries exists to develop strategies and provide resources to assist churches and districts in the task of holistic evangelism in the urban areas through starting, strengthening, and stimulating congregations that seek to transform broken lives and impoverished communities. "We seek the simplicity and the Pentecostal power of the primitive New Testament Church. The field of labor to which we feel especially called is in the neglected quarters of the cities and wherever else may be found waste places and souls seeking pardon and cleansing from sin. This work we aim to do through the agency of city missions, evangelistic services, house to house visitation, caring for the poor, comforting the dying. To this end we strive personally to work with God and to incite others so to do."

--The Manual-Articles of Faith and General Rules of the Church of the Nazarene (November 26, 1895)

Multicultural Ministries Mission Statement
Nazarene Multicultural Ministries is committed to helping the denomination become a racially just, culturally diverse, spiritually vibrant, and growing church in the U.S. and Canada, that gives expression to the richness of its faith, heritage, and experiences. It is a ministry that embraces the challenge of including all Nazarenes as partners in ministry at all levels of its corporate structure.

About Multicultural Ministries
Our critical objective is to encourage the development of structures to include, empower, and increase the presence of language, cultural, and racial minorities in the life of the Church of the Nazarene. Here are a few of the ways this is accomplished:

• Strategy Committees
  Members of the strategy committees are dedicated church leaders committed to reaching all people for Jesus and extending the Kingdom by starting new churches whenever possible. These committees have been formed not to divide the church into various sub-cultures, but to unite the church by recognizing and supporting minority leadership.
• Immigration Ministries
  In cooperation with World Relief (the relief development and refugees assistance arm of the NAE), the Multicultural Ministries office can now provide resources to assist with issues related to citizenship, religious worker visas, and referrals to certified immigration counselors and attorneys.
• Diversity Leadership
  Multicultural Ministries provides Diversity Leadership seminars and provides materials to help church leaders develop the skills needed to build an inclusive church in a multicultural society.
• Scholarship Fund
  An endowment for the Minority Scholarship Fund continues to provide a source of financial assistance to minority students preparing for pastoral ministry in Nazarene institutions.

BLACK MINISTRIES STRATEGIC READINESS TEAM PURPOSE STATEMENT
Mission Support USA/Canada

Project H.O.P.E (Helping Our People Evangelize)
Members of the Black Ministries Strategic Readiness Team help to create a focus group that is advisory in its capacity, visionary in its strategy, reconciliatory in its mission, and prophetic in its message.

The Black Ministries Strategic Readiness Team shall help districts and local congregations in the following manner:

• To provide a voice for African-American and Black members of the Church of the Nazarene.
• To strengthen Black churches in the Church of the Nazarene.
• To identify potential target areas where new congregations could be started.
• To train and nurture leaders of our churches for gospel-inspired service to the Black community.
• To provide support for institutions that strengthen our community.
• To provide relevant ministry for our youth and young adults.
• To empower laity for present-day ministry.
• To create denominational and district partnerships for service and evangelism.
• To be active advocates for liberation and racial justice at home and abroad.
• To provide spiritual nurture for our members.
• To enhance clergy-lay ministry partnerships.

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