{"id":38710,"date":"2017-04-07T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?p=38710\/"},"modified":"2017-04-07T12:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T18:25:04","slug":"trinidad-tobago-district-assembly-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/trinidad-tobago-district-assembly-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinidad &#038; Tobago District Assembly 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Church of the Nazarene Trinidad and Tobago District held its 62<sup>nd<\/sup> District Assembly on March 18, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. at the Government Campus Plaza Auditorium in the nation&#8217;s capital city of Port of Spain. The theme of the assembly was \u201cEmbrace the Glory\u201d, which was derived from the Bible in Haggai 2:9a, which was chaired by the Mesoamerica English \/ Dutch Field Strategy Coordinator Dr. R Alphonso Porter who welcomed 178 delegates and 30 official visitors in behalf of Presiding General Superintendent Dr. Jerry D. Porter and Mesoamerica Regional Director Dr. Carlos Saenz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District Superintendent Dr. Victor George gave his eleventh report to the District Assembly. He reported a net gain of 168 members to bring the district&#8217;s membership to 5,167 members. For 2017, he projected an increase in District Membership by at least 12.5% and the use of either the Master&#8217;s Plan or the Each One Win One evangelism \/ discipleship program in all local Nazarene churches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rev. Patricia Derry presented the District Ministerial Credential Board Report. Dr. Porter asked each ordained Senior Pastor to give a short report of their stewardship. He also invited unassigned Elders, Deacons and Licensed Ministers to stand to receive the blessing of the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">District Executive Officer Ayana Chester and District Office Secretary Mereta Wallace\u00a0were presented with tokens of appreciation. Former District Secretary Rev. Kwame Payne was presented with a commemorative plaque for his service between 2013-2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In what has become his custom, Dr. Porter closed the assembly at 4:20 p.m. by asking delegates to observe a minute of silence in recognition of the 13 members who had died in 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: Rev. 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