From “Out of Africa” to “the Land Down Under” … From Maasai Mara Safari’s to Outback Trekking across the vast distances that make up the continent of Australia. After nine years serving at Africa Nazarene University in Nairobi Kenya, Rob and Cindy started a new assignment in Nazarene Missions on 1 JAN 2024 by flying to Brisbane Australia. Join in prayer for the Norths as they begin a new chapter in their 30-year marriage to serve on the Australia/New Zealand Field and remotely, for Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS).

For over fifty years the Church of the Nazarene has directly engaged in missions to First Nations people. By far the most significant has included sending missionaries into the remotest corners of the Australian outback to serve and minister in otherwise forgotten communities.

International recording artistes, The Chitans are a family in full-time ministry from Toronto, Canada, who's sweet harmony is what you can only get from a family who join their voices together in praise to the Lord.

The Chitans consist of five siblings, Kaiziah, 24, Kayandra, 23, Jesse, 21, Jayden, 18, and Karlainah, 15. The siblings have been singing together for eleven years. They and their parents, Layne and Karen, have been taking their music ministry on the road for the past seven years.

Their music encompasses Southern Gospel, Contemporary Christian, Black Gospel, Caribbean, and traditional Hymns. Incorporating various styles in their concerts is what makes this unique blending of these styles truly special. Although they are young, their ministry has taken them throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. While ministering in churches, schools, civic and cultural gatherings, hospitals, prisons, or on the streets, the heartbeat of this family group is to point souls to Jesus Christ.

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Rev. Carol Rittenhouse is originally from Huntington, Indiana. She grew up in the Church of the Nazarene. She attended Olivet Nazarene University, graduating in 1987 with a B.A. in Romance Languages Secondary Education. After her final year of teaching high school French and Spanish, she went to Russia as a volunteer teacher to four junior high and high school missionary children. Returning to the USA eight months later, she entered Nazarene Theological Seminary, graduating with an MDiv (Master of Divinity) degree in 2006. She served as administrative staff and associate pastor at Shawnee Church of the Nazarene in Kansas, and associate pastor at Central Church of the Nazarene in Lenexa, Kansas. She was ordained as an elder in the Church of the Nazarene in 2010 while working at the Global Ministry Center in Lenexa, Kansas. It was there she received the invitation to join the team of Seminario Nazareno de las Américas (SENDAS) as a Nazarene missionary. Since her arrival in Costa Rica in 2015, she has assisted in theological education on the Mesoamerica Region as an administrator and professor.  She oversees a small Spanish language program known as CALL (Christian Academy of Language and Learning) through which she mentors various individuals in the English language.

Rev. Rittenhouse has been a contributor to the Nazarene devotional “Reflecting God” and various other short publications for the Church of the Nazarene. She enjoys reading, writing, watching sports, and spending time with her family including her soon-to-be 15 great nieces and nephews whenever possible.

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