Historic week for Nazarene's

As I have shared recently, our denomination is in the midst of our every four year General Assembly in Orlando, FL. For several reasons this was a very pivotal Assembly. One of those reasons is that 3 General Superintendents were to be elected. There are only 6 total so half of the General Superintendents were to be replaced. (There is a mandatory retirement age that forced the retirement of Nina Gunter, James Diehl and Paul Cunningham) As of this evening all 3 of the Superintendents have been elected.

The first to be elected was Dr. Eugenio Duarte, regional director for Africa and a native of the island of Brava in the Cape Verde Islands. Dr Duarte became the first citizen from outside the USA/Canada Region elected to the Church of the Nazarene's Board of General Superintendents in the 100 year history of the denomination on Tuesday, June 30. You can read more about Dr. Duarte by clicking here.

The second to be elected was Dr. John Bowling, my Pastor during my freshman year of college at Olivet Nazarene University. He was pastor of College Church, in Kankakee, IL at the time. Shortly after I left Olivet he became the President of the University where he is currently serving. You can read more about Dr. Bowling by clicking here.

The third to be elected, on the 22nd ballot, was David Graves. Rev Graves is currently the Senior Pastor of College Church in Olathe, KS. You can read more about Rev Graves by clicking here.

You can download the Quadrennial written report from the Board of General Superintendents by clicking here. (you will have to create a free account to download the report)

You can still watch the proceedings live on www.nazarene.org or you can watch archived footage of the last few days at the same address. We're marching forward as a denomination