May 14-16, 2024

Carlisle Inn, Sugarcreek, OH

with Guest Speaker Dr. Jim Diehl

 

All are welcome! Invite a friend!

 

Per person rates: Single $317; Double $202; Triple $180; Quad $158

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Print/complete registration form and send with deposit of $50 per person payable to:        

NCO District

60 N. State Route 101 Lot 42

Tiffin, OH 44883

DO NOT WRITE CHECKS TO DR. JOE

AS YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST!

 

Questions? Call Dr. Joe 740-485-9370

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Jim Diehl could be called Dr. Diehl or Rev. Diehl but he prefers being called Pastor Diehl.  He has been senior pastor of five churches of the Nazarene across the years in Iowa, Georgia, and Colorado and, at the time of this writing, he is serving as co-pastor of the Lakewood, Colorado Church of the Nazarene.  He also served for ten years as District Superintendent of two Districts (Nebraska and Colorado) and "one chapter of his life" as Vice President of Mid America Nazarene University.  In 2011 the Board of Trustees of Mid America Nazarene University invited him to be their Interim President where he served for seven months.  He is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and  in 1990, Northwest Nazarene University conferred on him the Doctor of Divinity degree in recognition of his leadership and ministry accomplishments.

In 1993 the General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene elected him to serve as General Superintendent, a position he filled for sixteen years.  Serving as an administrator in the denomination that has churches around the world, he ended up traveling to 105 countries of the world preaching, conducting conferences, and ordaining new ministers.  When he retired from that position in 2009, he had ordained just over 1600 new ministers.  Diehl also has been a prolific writer having articles that have appeared in ten different publications as well as chapters written for several different books.

 

Diehl married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy, while a student at Olivet Nazarene College.  Jim and Dorothy were parents of four children, Jodi, Jim, Jr., Don, and David.  They were married for 65 years and truly were a "team in ministry."  Dave went to Heaven in 2008 because of melanoma cancer and Dorothy moved to her heavenly home in 2021.  Jim and Dorothy were also proud grandparents of seven grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

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Diehl was never satisfied "maintaining status quo" as was demonstrated in his pastorate in Oskaloosa, Iowa where he developed a live radio broadcast from the pastor's office every weekday for 15-minutes for seven years.  He and his staff also produced a television program which was telecast every Sunday morning over the NBC affiliate TV station in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Communicating the good news of the gospel using every means possible has been the passion of Diehl's heart since his call to ministry which came in his senior year of high school.

 

He has laid down his administrative duties but his passion continues with an ongoing preaching ministry from a pastor's heart.  He frequently speaks at camp meetings, college revivals, ministerial and/or lay retreats, zone crusades, and international events.  He continues to make his home in Lakewood, Colorado.

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