🌍 When Did the Church of the Nazarene Reach Your Country?

Nazarene journal

June 7, 2025
Nazarene Journal

Since its earliest days, the Church of the Nazarene has carried out its mission —

“To make Christlike disciples in the nations” — by planting churches, training leaders, and serving communities around the world.

Below is a glimpse of when the Church officially entered select countries across its global regions:

🌐 By Year and Country

Year entered — Country or area (Administrative region)

2024 — Belgium (Eurasia)
2021 — Luxembourg (Eurasia)
2020 — Central African Republic (Africa)
2019 — Latvia (Eurasia)
2017 — Curaçao (Mesoamerica)
2017 — Mongolia (Asia-Pacific)
2017 — Serbia (Eurasia)
2017 — Singapore (Asia-Pacific)
2016 — Mauritius (Africa)
2012 — South Sudan (Africa)
2012 — Turks and Caicos Islands (Mesoamerica)
2010 — Mali (Africa)
2009 — Moldova (Eurasia)
2009 — Niger (Africa)
2009 — Guinea-Conakry (Africa)
2009 — Norway (Eurasia)
2006 — Zanzibar (Africa)
2005 — Kosovo (Eurasia)
2004 — Guinea-Bissau (Africa)
2004 — Sierra Leone (Africa)
2003 — Reunion (Africa)
2002 — Armenia (Eurasia)
2002 — Equatorial Guinea (Africa)
2002 — Greece (Eurasia)
2002 — Madeira Islands (Eurasia)
2001 — East Timor (Asia-Pacific)
2001 — Pohnpei (Asia-Pacific)
2001 — Vanuatu(Asia-Pacific)
2000 — Aruba (Mesoamerica)
2000 — Chuuk (Asia-Pacific)
2000 — Federated State of Micronesia (Asia-Pacific)
2000 — Macedonia (Eurasia)
2000 — Saipan (Asia-Pacific)
2000 — Sri Lanka (Eurasia)
2000 — Tonga (Asia-Pacific)
1999 — Burundi (Africa)
1999 — Cameroon (Africa)
1999 — Croatia (Eurasia)
1999 — Gabon (Africa)
1999 — Poland (Eurasia)
1999 — Sudan (Africa)
1998 — Benin (Africa)
1998 — Nepal (Eurasia)
1998 — Togo (Africa)
1997 — Burkina Faso (Africa)
1997 — Republic of the Congo (Africa)
1997 — Sao Tome and Principe (Africa)
1996 — Hungary (Eurasia)
1996 — Kazakhstan (Eurasia)
1996 — Pakistan (Eurasia)
1995 — Fiji (Asia-Pacific)
1995 — Palau (Asia-Pacific)
1994 — Bulgaria (Eurasia)
1994 — Saint Martin (Mesoamerica)
1993 — Albania(Eurasia)
1993 — Eritrea (Africa)
1993 — Lesotho (Africa)
1993 — Madagascar (Africa)
1992 — Angola (Africa)
1992 — Bangladesh (Eurasia)
1992 — Cambodia (Asia-Pacific)
1992 — Ethiopia (Africa)
1992 — Romania (Eurasia)
1992 — Russia (Eurasia)
1992 — Solomon Islands (Asia-Pacific)
1992 — Ukraine (Eurasia)
1990 — Democratic Republic of the Congo (Africa)
1990 — Ghana (Africa)
1990 — Liberia (Africa)
1990 — Rwanda (Africa)
1990 — Tanzania (Africa)
1989 — Thailand (Asia-Pacific)
1988 — French Guiana (Mesoamerica)
1988 — Senegal (Africa)
1988 — Uganda (Africa)
1987 — Côte d’Ivoire [Ivory Coast] (Africa)
1987 — Ireland (Eurasia)
1986 — Egypt (Eurasia)
1986 — Guadeloupe (Mesoamerica)
1985 — Cyprus (Eurasia)
1984 — Azores (Eurasia)
1984 — Botswana (Africa)
1984 — Kenya (Africa)
1984 — Myanmar (Asia-Pacific) — Entered when it was called Burma
1984 — Suriname (Mesoamerica)
1983 — Saint Kitts and Nevis (Mesoamerica)
1982 — Venezuela (South America)
1981 — Spain (Eurasia)
1980 — Paraguay (South America)
1978 — Switzerland (Eurasia)
1977 — France (Eurasia)
1977 — Grenada (Mesoamerica)
1977 — Nigeria (Africa)
1976 — Martinique (Mesoamerica)
1975 — Colombia (South America)
1975 — Saint Vincent (Mesoamerica)
1974 — Dominica (Mesoamerica)
1974 — Dominican Republic (Mesoamerica)
1974 — Hong Kong (Asia-Pacific)
1973 — Antigua (Mesoamerica)
1973 — Indonesia (Asia-Pacific)
1973 — Namibia (Africa)
1973 — Portugal (Eurasia)
1972 — Ecuador (South America)
1972 — Saint Lucia (Mesoamerica)
1971 — Guam (Asia-Pacific)
1971 — The Bahamas (Mesoamerica)
1970 — Bermuda (USA/Canada)
1970 — Honduras (Mesoamerica)
1967 — Netherlands (Eurasia)
1966 — Jamaica (Mesoamerica)
1964 — Costa Rica(Mesoamerica)
1964 — El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
1964 — Samoa (Asia-Pacific)
1963 — Zimbabwe (Africa) — Entered when it was called Southern Rhodesia
1962 — Chile (South America)
1961 — Zambia (Africa) — Entered when it was called Northern Rhodesia
1960 — Denmark (Eurasia)
1958 — American Samoa (Asia-Pacific)
1958 — Brazil (South America)
1958 — Germany (Eurasia) — Entered what was then called West Germany
1957 — Malawi (Africa) — Entered when it was called Nyasaland
1956 — Taiwan (Asia-Pacific)
1955 — Papua New Guinea (Asia-Pacific)
1953 — Panama (Mesoamerica)
1952 — New Zealand (Asia-Pacific)
1950 — Haiti (Mesoamerica)
1950 — Jordan (Eurasia)
1950 — Lebanon (Eurasia)
1949 — Uruguay (South America)
1948 — Italy (Eurasia)
1948 — Korea, South (Asia-Pacific)
1946 — Australia (Asia-Pacific)
1946 — Guyana (Mesoamerica) — Entered when it was called British Guiana
1946 — Philippines (Asia-Pacific)
1945 — Bolivia (South America)
1944 — Puerto Rico (Mesoamerica)
1944 — Virgin Islands (Mesoamerica)
1937 — Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
1934 — Belize (Mesoamerica) — Entered when it was called British Honduras
1926 — Barbados (Mesoamerica)
1926 — Trinidad (Mesoamerica)
1922 — Mozambique (Africa) — Entered when it was called Portuguese East Africa
1921 — Israel (Eurasia) — Entered when it was called Palestine
1920 — Syria (Eurasia)
1919 — South Africa (Africa)
1914 — Peru (South America)
1910 — Eswatini (Africa) — Entered when it was called Swaziland
1909 — Argentina (South America)
1909 — United Kingdom (Eurasia)
1905 — Japan (Asia-Pacific)
1904 — Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
1903 — Mexico (Mesoamerica)
1902 — Canada (USA/Canada)
1902 — Cuba (Mesoamerica)
1901 — Cabo Verde (Africa) — Entered when it was called Cape Verde
1898 — India (Eurasia)
1887 — United States (USA/Canada)

Although most of the places on this list are countries, the label “world area” is used because places like Martinique and Guam are considered separate from France and the U.S.A. even though they are not separate nations. Martinique is one of the Special Collectivity of the French Republic and Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States of America.