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July Missions Emphasis-

International Education Ministry:

Colleges, Universities and Seminaries

Report by Edward Lebron

FairbanksBurleson FCNJuly 17, 2011

The vision of Nazarene higher education is to effectively equip students to:

• Care Deeply• Relate Ethically• Think Biblically• Witness Faithfully• Study Passionately• Serve Competently• Live Gratefully• Lead Strategically

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The mission of the IBOE is to serve as a dynamic worldwide consortium of Nazarene universities, colleges and seminaries to facilitate the mission of the Church of the Nazarene in making Christlike disciples and shaping leaders for local service and global impact.

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The IBOE, collaboratively and collectively, insures that well trained, highly qualified, culturally sensitive, spiritually mature, and Spirit-filled Christians depart from our schools as Christian servant leaders to serve our churches nurtured in the best of the Wesleyan holiness theological tradition.

Edward LeBron FairbanksEducation Commissioner

International Board of Education

Nazarene educational institutions around the world are training preachers, teachers, evangelists, nurses, and vocational and lay leaders. This education is essential to the success of evangelistic efforts. Please remember the students, faculty, and their staff inyour prayers.

The Global System of Nazarene Higher Education

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Recently Dr. Fairbanks shared a brief overview of the global system of Nazarene higher education. The audience appeared surprised at the scope of institutions served by the Church of the Nazarene.

Since he had been on the campuses of two of these schools-Nazarene College

of Nursing in Washim, India and the Nazarene Seminary in Haiti in August and September, he not only shared

some photos of these two institutions but also the International Board of Education

categories in which each of the 54 Church of the Nazarene college, university or seminary is located.

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Nazarene Nurses Training College(Reynolds Memorial Hospital)

Washim, India

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Images of the Nursing School

Activities

Seminaire Theologic Nazareen d’HaitiNazarene Theological Seminary, Haiti

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Images of Seminary Activities

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Africa Nazarene UniversityNairobi, Kenya

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Professor Leah Marangu, Vice-chancellor,

Africa Nazarene UniversityNairobi, Kenya

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Dr. John Bowling, PresidentOlivet Nazarene University

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The Church of the Nazarene is blessed with a worldwide network

of education. Many of these institutions serve as hubs from which extension programs of

ministerial education are offered at various academic levels and through multiple systems of

delivery. The education providers are classified into six categories.

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-Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Manila, Philippines-Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, USA-Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, England-Nazarene Theological College, Queensland, Australia-Seminario Nazareno de las Américas, San José, Costa Rica

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Graduate Seminaries and Theological Colleges

Liberal Arts Universities and Colleges with Graduate

Programs

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-Africa Nazarene University, Nairobi, Kenya-Caribbean Nazarene College, Santa Cruz, Trinidad-Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA-Korea Nazarene University, Seoul, Korea-MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, Kansas, USA-Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA-Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho, USA-Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA-Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, USA-Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, Oklahoma, USA-Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Undergraduate Liberal Arts Colleges

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Ambrose University College, Alberta, CanadaBrazil Nazarene College, Campinas, Brazil

Undergraduate Seminaries and Theological Colleges

• European Nazarene College, Busingen, Switzerland

• Indonesia Nazarene Theological College, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

• Japan Nazarene Theological Seminary, Tokyo, Japan

• Luzon Nazarene Bible College, Baguio City, Philippines

• Melanesia Nazarene Bible College, Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea

• Nazarene Bible College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

• Nazarene College of Theology, Siteki, Swaziland

• Nazarene Theological College, Honeydew, South Africa

• Seminario Biblico Nazareno, Santiago, Chile

• Seminario Nazareno del Area Central, La Paz, Bolivia

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(continued)• Seminario Nazareno Dominicano, Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic• Seminario Nazareno Mexicano, México• Seminario Teológico Nazareno, Chiclayo, Peru• Seminario Teológico Nazareno Cubano, Ciudad Habana, Cuba• Seminario Teológico Nazareno de Guatemala, Guatemala• Seminario Teológico Nazareno del Cono Sur, Pilar, Argentina• Seminario Teológico Nazareno Do Brasil, Campinas, Brazil• Seminario Teológico Nazareno Sudamericano, Quito, Ecuador• South Pacific Nazarene Theological College, Suva, Fiji• Southeast Asia Nazarene Bible College, Chiang Mai, Thailand• Taiwan Nazarene Theological College, Taiwan (inactive)• Visayan Nazarene Bible College, Cebu City, Philippines

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Certificate and Diploma Bible Colleges

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• Eastern Mediterranean Nazarene Bible College, Sin el Fil, Lebanon

• Instituto Biblico Nazareno, Amazonas, Peru• Instituto Biblico Nazareno, Cobán, Guatemala• Nazarene Bible College of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya• Nazarene Theological College of Central Africa, Lilongwe,

Malawa• Nazarene Theological Institute, ITN/NTI, Equatorial and West

Africa• Seminaire Theologique Nazareen D’Haiti, Petion-Ville, Haiti• Seminario Nazareno de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde• Seminário Nazareno de Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique

Specialized Training Schools

• Nazarene College of Education, Manzini, Swaziland

• Nazarene College of Nursing, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

• Nazarene College of Nursing, Manzini, Swaziland

• Nazarene Nurses Training College, Maharashtra, India

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This mission is accomplished by the IBOE:serving as a catalyst for networking, collaboration, and resourcing the IBOE schools globally for excellence in all educational disciplines and practice, especially in regard to ministerial education;providing connectivity between school needs for personnel and the diverse educational resources of the denomination within and between regions; strengthening the schools through quality and missional reviews and developing strong and effective governing boards for the institutions;envisioning the future of higher education in the denomination; and assuring theological and doctrinal coherency throughout the system of Nazarene education. 30

A stronger global system of Nazarene education is emerging as a strategic network of Nazarene institutions worldwide under the umbrella of the International Board of Education. These educational institutions *are committed to the mission, *Articles of Faith, *Core Values, and the* Covenant of Christian Character affirmations of the denomination AND *increasingly to each other!

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Universities1. Ambrose University College2. Eastern Nazarene College3. MidAmerica Nazarene University4. Mount Vernon Nazarene University5. Nazarene Bible College6. Nazarene Theological Seminary7. Northwest Nazarene University8. Olivet Nazarene University9. Point Loma Nazarene University10. Southern Nazarene University11. Trevecca Nazarene University

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