Make your plans now for the Great Northwest Field Youth Conference 2025! Hosted again this year on NNU’s campus, “The GREAT” will gather students from across our educational field, engaging together in worship, fellowship and discipleship as we all...
Children need scripture, yet how can we bring the two together in a responsible way when some of the Bible seems unsuitable for a younger audience? This presentation by Dr. Julie Straight, NNU Professor of English, will suggest several questions to consider when...
To serve our mission across our educational field and around the world for more than a quarter century, NNU has become a global leader in offering educational opportunities for those in ministry, including women and men who have just begun their ministerial...
NNU Emeritus Professor of New Testament Dr. Richard Thompson was recently featured on the Holiness Today podcast. Thompson spoke with HT podcast host Nate Gilmore about the Wesley Center Online, NNU’s digital repository that has been offering theological...
by Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman, Assistant to the President for Congregational Engagement Nearly every church I’ve ever visited has an empty cross in the sanctuary. I suspect your church is like mine. How did we Christians get here? Because crucifixion was viewed...
By Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman As a pastor, leading Christmas Eve services has always been a privilege for me. Early in my ministry, Kim and I told our families that they were always welcome to visit us for Christmas, but that we wouldn’t be traveling home to them...
Join us online for Wesley Center Conference 2025 on January 30 – 31, 2025. This two-day event will focus on Holiness: Celebrating God’s Transformation of People & the World. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, roundtable...
Join us online for Wesley Center Conference 2025 on January 30 – 31, 2025. This two-day event will focus on Holiness: Celebrating God’s Transformation of People & the World. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, roundtable...
by Dr. Jay Richard Akkerman G. Arthur Janssen frames it well: “They are spread out from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, Maine to Hawaii. They cover the gamut of national parks, monuments, a seashore, parkways, memorials, a preserve, a battlefield, recreation...
By: Jay Richard Akkerman, Assistant to the President for Congregational Engagement, NNU Office of University Mission & Ministry The past few days have been bittersweet. By now, I suspect that most of you have learned that Joel Pearsall, NNU’s 13th president, has...
By: Jay Richard Akkerman, Assistant to the President for Congregational Engagement, NNU Office of University Mission & Ministry For those of us in our corner of the Nazarene map, April-June is our district assembly season. That typically means I’m traveling...
