MEET OUR MISSIONARIES
CHERISH
SHINNERS
Papua New Guinea
Cherish will be serving in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for the 2024-2025 school year at the Kudjip Missionary Kid School in support of Kudjip Nazarene General Hospital. Kudjip Hospital is in one of the most remote areas of the world
in the rural Highlands of PNG. The hospital has been serving the people of PNG since 1967. 230 PNG Nationals and Missionary Physicians staff the hospital which also supports a mobile rural health service. The Kudjip Missionary Kid School where she will teach provides a high-quality, Christ-centered education program for the children of the Missionary Physicians
and Volunteer Staff at the hospital so they can focus on healing the people of PNG.
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How can you help?
Would you please consider a one-time donation or joining her monthly support team? While this is an noble endeavor, it is completely non-funded. She is currently working towards a goal of $35,000 in support and pledges of support for the 2024-2025 school year. This amount will cover travel costs, housing, medical and travel insurance, retirement contributions and a living stipend for food and ongoing expenses (phone, electricity etc.) for one school year. But her goal is to stay on station and teach in PNG beyond the current school year. That is only possible with pledged monthly support over the course of two or three years! Even a small monthly gift over the next few years will help cover these costs. One-time donations are also a great help on this journey! Be part of the adventure and support the good work the Lord has started in PNG!
RODNEY &
SARAH REED
AFRICA
Rod and Sarah Reed are global missionaries for the Church of the Nazarene in Kenya. They were appointed in August 2000.
Rod and Sarah both attended Olivet Nazarene University where Sarah graduated with a B.A. in Music Education and Rod with B.A. in Religion in 1984. Rod went on to Nazarene Theological Seminary and then to Drew University where he earned a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics.
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Rod serves as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs (Academic Dean) of Africa Nazarene University (ANU) in Nairobi Kenya and is responsible for the academic affairs for the whole university. Currently the university is offering over 40 programs in and has a student population of 3400. Rod has engaged in research and publication. (Find him on Amazon.com!) But most of all Rod loves his God and his family.
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Sarah’s role as the Children’s Ministries Coordinator for the Africa East Field (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Horn of Africa) has blossomed over the years and with her ministry team she travels across East Africa helping church leaders develop effective children’s ministries. Sarah is also serving as a Children’s Sunday School Literature Editor for the Africa Region. Sarah has developed a Children’s Membership Curriculum entitled, My Church!, for the Africa Region.
Sarah and Rod have three young adult daughters: Rebecca, Katie and Hannah.
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Rod and Sarah share their testimony as follows, “God is doing some amazing things in Africa today and we are so blessed to be part of it. We are blessed to work with and teach some of the most wonderful people on this earth. Yet, there are major challenges here that cry out for solutions that only God can provide. We are honored to be given a chance to be part of God’s solution.”
WHAT IS NMI
Immanuel Church is part of a global family called "The Church of the Nazarene."
Nazarene Missions International (NMI) is the organization responsible for engaging and mobilizing the local church to engage in mission in the Church of the Nazarene and is the denomination’s representative for missions on the district and in the local church.
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Nazarene Missions International supports 737 missionaries in 157 world areas through the World Evangelism Fund.
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To learn more, visit NMI official website.