Individuals donate to the MEF to provide life-giving assistance to pastors through the long-term sustainability of the matching grants.
The MEF provides matching grants for Nazarene pastors who complete the COMPASS Journey and/or COMPASS Quest programs.
Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded the Church of the Nazarene an initial grant to establish the MEF, in 2016.
The local churches of COMPASS participants provide a one-time grant to assist him or her with debt reduction or retirement savings.
Individuals donate to the MEF to provide life-giving assistance to pastors through the long-term sustainability of the matching grants.
The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
Organized in 1908, the denomination is now home to about 2.5 million members worshipping in more than 30,000 congregations in 165 world areas.
