The Church of the Nazarene in the USA has a long tradition of "endorsing" some of its elders for specialized ministry to American military service members and families stationed around the globe. These approximately 80 US Nazarene Military Chaplains (Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines), Ministers to the Military, are both called as ordained Nazarene Elders and committed as commissioned US Military Officers. On land, sea, and air, they serve and suffer alongside US soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines through a “ministry of presence” . . . bringing God to Soldiers, and Soldiers to God. Whether on the homefront or the battlefront, they offer divine hope and help daily amidst the same deprivation, hardship, and danger military members face. Most of these Nazarene Military Chaplains serve their Lord, their Church, and their Country for 20-30 years in this specialized ministry role, moving their spouses and children around the US and around the world every 2-3 years.
The effectiveness of our Nazarene Military Chaplains, who often serve "alone and afar," is significantly enhanced when they are inspired, encouraged, and developed through personal visits to them and collective gatherings for them, their spouses, and their families from their "mother church": The Church of the Nazarene. The denomination’s Nazarene Military Chaplaincy Endorser delivers this critical emotional and spiritual care, connection, and training across the world to these ministers to the military.
Your giving to the Nazarene Military Chaplaincy Fund provides these US Nazarene Military Chaplains the face-to-face and heart-to-heart care, connection, and training to make Christlike disciples in the nations, by making Christlike disciples in the military, as they uphold freedom of religion for US Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines serving around the globe!
In the US:
Make checks payable to General Treasurer and send them to:
Church of the Nazarene, Global Ministry Center
Attn: Donor Services
17001 Prairie Star Parkway
Lenexa, KS 66220-7900
In Canada:
Make Checks payable Church of the Nazarene Canada and send them to:
Church of the Nazarene Canada
3657 Ponytrail Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L4X 1W5.