query: when was the church of the nazarene founded

pos: Church of the Nazarene J.B. Chapman). The merger of the Holiness Church of Christ in the south and the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene took place on Tuesday, October 13, 1908, at 10:40 am, "amid great shouts of joy and holy enthusiasm." The newly merged Church of the Nazarene began with 10,034 members, 228 congregations, 11 districts, and 19 missionaries, according to historical records. The latter date marks the "official" founding date. Bresee, Reynolds and Ellyson were elected general superintendents. Other independent bodies joined at later dates, including the Pentecostal Church of Scotland (founded in 1909 by Rev. George Sharpe) and the Pentecostal Mission

pos: History of the Church of the Nazarene called the Holiness Church of Christ), that resulted in November 1904 at Rising Star, Texas from the prior merger of "The Holiness Church"' (founded in 1888 in Texas) and the Independent Holiness Church (formed at Van Alstyne, Texas in 1901, and led by Charles B. Jernigan and J.B. Chapman). The merger of the Holiness Church of Christ in the south and the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene took place on Tuesday, October 13, 1908, at 10:40 a.m., "amid great shouts of joy and holy enthusiasm." Bresee had a problem with the denomination being called "The Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene.

neg: Point Loma Nazarene University Point Loma Nazarene University Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) is a Christian liberal arts college. Its main campus is located on the Point Loma oceanfront in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in 1902 as a Bible college by the Church of the Nazarene. The college was founded by several female laypersons in the Church of the Nazarene with the assistance of Phineas F. Bresee, co-founder of the Nazarene Church in Los Angeles. The "initiators," in the words of historian Timothy L. Smith, convinced "a reluctant Bresee to support the venture." The institution envisioned was "a simple Bible

neg: Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene. In the 1950s, there were mergers with the Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association (founded in 1893 in Tabor, Iowa) in 1950; the International Holiness Mission (founded in London in 1907 by David Thomas) merged on October 29, 1952; the Calvary Holiness Church (founded in Britain 1934 by Maynard James and Jack Ford), united on June 11, 1955; and the Gospel Workers Church of Canada (founded in Ontario in 1918) became part of the Church of the Nazarene on September 7, 1958. On April 3, 1988, an indigenous Church of the Nazarene in Nigeria, established in the 1940s,

neg: Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) orphanages. Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) ("Nazarene" can be alternatively spelled as "Nazarean")is a Christian denomination of the Anabaptist movement. It was formed in the early 1900s as the result of separating from their sister church, the Apostolic Christian Church of America. The Nazarene faith is widely spread across the globe, with congregations in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, North America, Africa, Israel and Oceania. This church should not be confused with the Church of the Nazarene or the Pentecostal Apostolic Church which are entirely different denominations. The church was founded in the early 1830s

neg: Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene) ("Nazarene" can be alternatively spelled as "Nazarean")is a Christian denomination of the Anabaptist movement. It was formed in the early 1900s as the result of separating from their sister church, the Apostolic Christian Church of America. The Nazarene faith is widely spread across the globe, with congregations in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, North America, Africa, Israel and Oceania. This church should not be confused with the Church of the Nazarene or the Pentecostal Apostolic Church which are entirely different denominations. The church was founded in the early 1830s by

neg: Methodist Episcopal Church establish orphanages and old age homes. A major driver in the creation of such institutions was the Woman's Home Missionary Society, founded in 1882. In 1895, during the 19th century holiness movement, Methodist Episcopal minister Phineas F. Bresee founded the Church of the Nazarene in Los Angeles with the help of Joseph Pomeroy Widney. The Church of the Nazarene separated over a perceived need to minister further to the urban poor, the origins of its Nazarene name. Several other churches, roughly 15 holiness denominations that had also split from the Methodist Episcopal Church, joined the Church of the Nazarene in

neg: MidAmerica Nazarene University MidAmerica Nazarene University MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) is a Christian liberal arts college in Olathe, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1966 by the Church of the Nazarene. Mid-America Nazarene College (MANC) was founded in 1966. In 1996, Mid-America Nazarene College formally changed its name to MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU). The campus is located at 2030 East College Way, Olathe, Kansas, United States. The land was donated by Robert R. Osborne, a retired banker. Proposed sites for the college also included Wichita, Topeka, and Ottawa, Kansas. As one of eight U.S. liberal arts colleges affiliated with the Church of

neg: Peniel College institutions in 1908, supported by the Dallas District Church of the Nazarene, and the name was changed to Peniel College. In 1920, the college merged with Oklahoma Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, which was then renamed "Bethany-Peniel College". Peniel's presidents included A. M. Hills, Edgar Ellyson (1907-1911), Roy T. Williams (1911-1913), J. B. Chapman (1913-1918), and A. K. Bracken, who took the presidency at Bethany-Peniel College in 1920. Founded in 1909, Oklahoma Holiness College, called Oklahoma Nazarene College when it absorbed Peniel College, took on the founding date of Texas Holiness University (1899). Peniel College Peniel College was a Nazarene

neg: Church of the Nazarene 2010, 92 Youth in Mission participants served in 14 world areas, including 52 participants from outside the USA/Canada Regions. Nazarene Missions International (NMI) was founded in 1915 at the fourth General Assembly, as the Nazarene Foreign Missionary Society, with Susan Norris Fitkin, wife of financier Abram Fitkin, elected the first president. Fitkin remained in office until June 1948. NMI is "the church-relations heart of World Mission within each local church", and "the local-church-based global mobilization and promotional arm of the Church of the Nazarene". has 916,470 members. The purpose of NMI is to mobilize churches in mission through praying, discipling,

neg: Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) is a Christian liberal arts college located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States, with satellite locations in the surrounding area. It was founded in 1968 by the Church of the Nazarene and offers a variety of Bachelor's and Master's degrees to both traditional and non-traditional students. MVNU is also home to Cougar Athletics. The result of a 1960 education commission, Mount Vernon Nazarene was first chartered as the Zone A College of the Church of the Nazarene in 1964 by the church's General Assembly. A site in the town of Mount

neg: Church of the Nazarene fed each week through Nazarene Compassionate Ministries. Nazarene Publishing House (NPH), the publishing arm of the Church of the Nazarene, is the largest publisher of Wesleyan-Holiness literature in the world. NPH prints more than 25 million pieces of literature each year. NPH processes more than 250,000 orders each year from more than 11,000 churches. The Third General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene held in Nashville, Tennessee in 1911 recommended that the infant denomination's three publishing companies (then located in Rhode Island, Texas, and Los Angeles, California) each founded by a different Nazarene parent body, consolidate into "one central

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene The latter date marks the "official" founding date. Bresee, Reynolds and Ellyson were elected general superintendents. Other independent bodies joined at later dates, including the Pentecostal Church of Scotland (founded in 1909 by Rev. George Sharpe) and the Pentecostal Mission (founded in 1898 by J.O. McClurkan), both in 1915. At this point, the Church of the Nazarene now embraced seven previous denominations and significant parts of two other groups. In time, the Church of the Nazarene and the Wesleyan Church would emerge as the two major denominations to gather in the smaller bodies of the 19th century Wesleyan-holiness movement. In

neg: Church of the Nazarene the Los Angeles, California based Church of the Nazarene founded in October 1895 by Dr. Phineas F. Bresee and Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney. The name of the denomination comes from the biblical description of Jesus Christ, who had been raised in the village of Nazareth (and was regarded consequently as "a Nazarene"). Jesus is called a Nazarene in , and in , Paul's accuser Tertullus calls him "a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes." In the and a few other Bible versions, Jesus is also called a Nazarene in ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

neg: Bethany, Oklahoma Bethany, Oklahoma Bethany is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The community was founded in 1909 by followers of the Church of the Nazarene from Oklahoma City. Bethany was founded July 28, 1909 as a community where members of the Church of the Nazarene could express their religious beliefs without interference by non-members. The town was named after the biblical place of Bethany. The community quickly established the Oklahoma Holiness College (now Southern Nazarene University, SNU). Two other institutions were soon established, the Oklahoma Orphanage (now the Children's Center,

neg: Church of the Nazarene (founded in 1898 by J.O. McClurkan), both in 1915. At this point, the Church of the Nazarene now embraced seven previous denominations and significant parts of two other groups. In time, the Church of the Nazarene and the Wesleyan Church would emerge as the two major denominations to gather in the smaller bodies of the 19th century Wesleyan-holiness movement. In subsequent decades, there were new accessions and mergers. In the 1922, more than one thousand members and most of the workers led by Joseph G. Morrison, from the Laymen's Holiness Association (founded in 1917) located in the Dakotas, joined the

neg: Ron Benefiel at several Nazarene college campuses. While serving as a PLNU professor from 1996 to 2000, Benefiel co-founded and co-pastored Mid City Church of the Nazarene with John Wright, Ph.D., and David Whitelaw, D.Th. Mid City is now a thriving multi-congregational church. From 1982 to 1996, Benefiel served as pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene in Los Angeles, a multi-congregational church. He also founded and served as the executive director of the P.F. Bresee Foundation, a nonprofit community center in LA's Mid-Wilshire district. Benefiel has always had a passion for serving his community, and his name has been highly

neg: William M. Greathouse William M. Greathouse William Marvin Greathouse (April 29, 1919 – March 24, 2011) was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas. Greathouse served as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene from 1938 until 1963 when he was elected president of Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee; he served until 1968. At that time he was elected president of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He served there until 1976, when he was elected General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene. He retired from this

neg: Korea Nazarene University Vernon Nazarene University, California New Hope University, University of Northern Colorado, 북경합대학교 (중국), 오비린대학교 (일본), Mississippi University, 남경사법대학교 (중국), Nazarene Theological College (호주), La Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (호주), West Visayas State University (필리핀). Korea Nazarene University Korea Nazarene University is a Christian based on university located in Cheonan, Republic of Korea. Korea Nazarene University was founded in as Korea Nazarene Bible College in Seoul 1954 by Donald Owens and his wife, Adeline, both American missionaries of the Church of the Nazarene. KNU first gained the status of being a four-year college in 1992. In 1993, the Nazarene Theological College

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene and the Gospel Workers Church of Canada (founded in Ontario in 1918) became part of the Church of the Nazarene on 7 September 1958. On 3 April 1988, an indigenous Church of the Nazarene in Nigeria, established in the 1940s, merged with the denomination. The 2009 General Assembly authorized a committee with "the responsibility to approach "like-minded churches in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition in order to pursue closer relations, with a goal of exploring the possibility of a merger or a collaborative relationship." Throughout its history, there have been several groups that separated from the Church of the Nazarene to form

neg: Bible Missionary Church the charges and the Academy reopened in 2003. Bible Missionary Church Bible Missionary Church, founded in 1955, is an evangelical, holiness Christian denomination headquartered in the United States. The church is part of the Conservative Holiness Movement and has roots in the teachings of John Wesley. The church is Wesleyan in doctrine and Arminian in theology. The denomination was founded in 1955 with a total of 126 members. Reverend Glenn Griffith whom was a former Nazarene Pastor left the Nazarene Church due to the church becoming too "worldly" held a tent revival in 1955 felt that there needs to be

neg: Bible Missionary Church Bible Missionary Church Bible Missionary Church, founded in 1955, is an evangelical, holiness Christian denomination headquartered in the United States. The church is part of the Conservative Holiness Movement and has roots in the teachings of John Wesley. The church is Wesleyan in doctrine and Arminian in theology. The denomination was founded in 1955 with a total of 126 members. Reverend Glenn Griffith whom was a former Nazarene Pastor left the Nazarene Church due to the church becoming too "worldly" held a tent revival in 1955 felt that there needs to be a preference of old-fashioned Holiness in churches and

neg: Korea Nazarene University Korea Nazarene University Korea Nazarene University is a Christian based on university located in Cheonan, Republic of Korea. Korea Nazarene University was founded in as Korea Nazarene Bible College in Seoul 1954 by Donald Owens and his wife, Adeline, both American missionaries of the Church of the Nazarene. KNU first gained the status of being a four-year college in 1992. In 1993, the Nazarene Theological College Press was established. In 1994 and 1995, a number of new departments were added. KNU has 34 majors in 4 different categories Liberal Arts (안문교학부) Division of Christian Studies 기독교학부, Owens International College 오웬스제학부,

neg: Church of the Nazarene a stance supporting total abstinence from alcohol and any other intoxicant, including cigarettes. Primary Nazarene founder Bresee was active in the Prohibition cause. Although this continues to be debated, the position remains in the church. While the church does not consider alcohol itself to be the "cause" of sin, it recognizes that intoxication and the like are a 'danger' to many people, both physically and spiritually. Historically, the Nazarene Church was founded in order to help the poor. Alcohol, gambling and the like, and their addictions, were cited as things that kept people poor. So in order to help the

neg: Susan Norris Fitkin Susan Norris Fitkin Susan Norris Fitkin (March 31, 1870 – October 18, 1951) was a Canadian ordained minister, who served successively in the Society of Friends, the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America, and finally in the Church of the Nazarene. Fitkin was the founder and first president of the Church of the Nazarene's Women's Foreign Missionary Society (now Nazarene Missions International) from September 1915 until her retirement in June 1948. Fitkin served twenty-four years on the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene. In 1924 Fitkin and her husband Abram Fitkin funded and founded the Fitkin Memorial Hospital

neg: Church of the Nazarene Sunday school curriculum is published under the label Word Action. Youth ministry resources are published under the label Barefoot Ministries. Spanish materials are produced by Casa Nazarena de Publicaciones. Music and drama resources are published under the label Lillenas Publishing, which was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1925 by Nazarene minister and composer Haldor Lillenas (born November 19, 1885 at Stord Island, Norway; died August 18, 1959 at Aspen, Colorado), and subsequently purchased by NPH in 1930. The following are notable people who have past or current affiliation or membership in the Church of the Nazarene. Notable Nazarene historians include

neg: MidAmerica Nazarene University 1986. It placed second in the NCCAA men's basketball championships in 1997 and 1998. Including its NAIA title games it has appeared in the Final Four in 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. It moved up to Division I in 2009. The court in the Bell Family Arena is named “Rocky Lamar Court.”. MidAmerica Nazarene University MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) is a Christian liberal arts college in Olathe, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1966 by the Church of the Nazarene. Mid-America Nazarene College (MANC) was founded in 1966. In 1996, Mid-America Nazarene College formally changed its name to

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene subsequent decades, there were new accessions and mergers. In the 1922, more than one thousand members and most of the workers led by Joseph G. Morrison, from the Laymen's Holiness Association (founded in 1917) located in the Dakotas, joined the Church of the Nazarene. In the 1950s, there were mergers with the Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association (founded in 1893 in Tabor, Iowa) in 1950; the International Holiness Mission (founded in London in 1907 by David Thomas) merged on 29 October 1952; the Calvary Holiness Church (founded in Britain 1934 by Maynard James and Jack Ford), united on 11 June 1955;

neg: John C. Bowling John C. Bowling John C. Bowling is the president of Olivet Nazarene University (ONU). John Carl Bowling has been the president of Olivet Nazarene University since 1991. Founded in 1907, Olivet offers a full range of fully accredited bachelors' and master's degree programs as well as a doctor of education degree. Current enrollment at the university is 4,500. Before accepting the position in August 1991, Dr. Bowling served for eight years as the senior pastor of the College Church of the Nazarene in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He also served as senior pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, Dallas, Texas.

neg: Second Church of Dorchester organ. The church was originally Congregational but became a Church of the Nazarene in 1991. Second Church of Dorchester Second Church of Dorchester is a Church of the Nazarene in the historic Codman Square District of Dorchester in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1804 the church was founded as the Dorchester Meeting House Company by members from the First Parish Church of Dorchester. In 1806 the Harvard graduate John Codman was ordained as the church´s first minister. Notable attendees during Dr. Codman´s ministry tenure included John Adams and Daniel Webster. Paul Revere & Sons cast the bell for the church tower. Colonel

neg: Susan Norris Fitkin died August 17, 1987 in Klamath Falls, Oregon); Willis Carradine (born October 10, 1908 in Hollis, New York; died Meredith, New Hampshire); and Ralph MacFarland (born March 7, 1912; died July 16, 1962 in Dade County, Florida). In 1907 the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America merged with the Church of the Nazarene founded in California in October 1895 by Phineas Bresee and Joseph Widney to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene (since 1919 renamed Church of the Nazarene), automatically making the Fitkins members of the new denomination. By the end of 1907 the Fitkins and their two children

neg: Cecil R. Paul graduate study at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri before earning a doctoral degree in psychology and pastoral counseling from Boston University. An ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, Paul joined the faculty of the Eastern Nazarene College in 1963, and has been credited with developing the school's psychology program. He also founded the college's division of adult and graduate studies in 1981, increasing total enrollment by nearly 50 percent. He then served from 1989 to 1992 as president of the college. Paul also founded the Beechwood Community Life Center, also in Wollaston, Massachusetts, and was a

neg: William M. Greathouse position in 1989. He is the namesake of the William M. Greathouse Chair of Wesleyan-Holiness Theology at Nazarene Theological Seminary. He attended Lambuth College, Trevecca Nazarene College, and Vanderbilt University for doctoral studies. William M. Greathouse William Marvin Greathouse (April 29, 1919 – March 24, 2011) was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas. Greathouse served as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene from 1938 until 1963 when he was elected president of Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee; he served until 1968. At that time

neg: David W. Graves be senior pastor of College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas, where he was serving when elected General Superintendent. Graves was elected as the church's 38th General Superintendent during its 27th General Assembly in 2009 in Orlando, Florida. David W. Graves David W. Graves (born 1953) is an American educator and theologian who serves as a General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Graves was educated at Olivet Nazarene University and received a Master of Divinity degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary. Graves Received and honorary Doctor of Divinity from Olivet Nazarene University. Graves and his wife, Sharon, have

neg: Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (Rhode Island) Rev. Walter C. Kinsey (1861- ) was principal for one year. Rev. Ernest E. Angell (1875-1939) became the principal of PCI in 1906. By 1907 the enrollment had increased to eighty-four, overcoming the decrease in students caused by the change of location. After the union of the APCA and the Church of the Nazarene at Chicago in October 1907, to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, PCI was endorsed by the new denomination. But it received no additional financial support. Within a year three other Nazarene institutions of higher education had been founded that also needed financial assistance. Angell

neg: John C. Bowling of the Church of the Nazarene, saying that his mission at Olivet Nazarene University was not complete. In 2009, Bowling was again elected to serve as a general superintendent. He accepted, but later rescinded his acceptance. John C. Bowling John C. Bowling is the president of Olivet Nazarene University (ONU). John Carl Bowling has been the president of Olivet Nazarene University since 1991. Founded in 1907, Olivet offers a full range of fully accredited bachelors' and master's degree programs as well as a doctor of education degree. Current enrollment at the university is 4,500. Before accepting the position in August

neg: Nazarene Bible Institute Nazarene. Nazarene Bible Institute Nazarene Bible Institute was a Bible college in Pilot Point, Texas. It has since closed. The institute was established 1905 in Pilot Point by the Holiness Church of Christ. After the Holiness Church of Christ merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in 1908, the school was named Nazarene Bible Institute and became an official institution of the Abilene District Church of the Nazarene. In 1911, it closed and merged with Central Nazarene College to the west in Hamlin, Texas because Texas Holiness University in nearby Peniel, Texas had joined the Dallas District Church of

neg: Gideon B. Williamson Gideon B. Williamson Gideon Williamson (1898-1981) was a minister, president of Eastern Nazarene College (1936–1944), general president of the Nazarene Young People's Society (1932–1940), and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1946–1968). William was born February 20, 1898 in New Florence, Missouri, converted and called to preach at an early age in the Church of God (Holiness), and joined the Church of the Nazarene in 1919 when he graduated from John Fletcher College at University Park, Iowa. He pursued further studies at McCormick and Northern Baptist Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He pastored for 16 years, at the Austin

neg: Scouting in the United States BSA to join the two organizations together. In the 1930s, a leader in the Church of the Nazarene launched Boy's Works and Girl's Work in the church's Southern California district, which pick it up as a district wide program in 1934. While another set of Caravan forerunner programs, "Bluebirds" for young children and "Pioneers" for older children were also developed and promoted by a minister and an Eagle Scout. All Nazarene Scouting organizations were merged into Caravan in 1946. The Calvinist Cadet Corps was officially founded in 1952 in Christian Reformed Church in North America. The Royal Rangers was founded

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene Ellyson elected pastor of the new congregation at Peniel. In September 1908 the Pennsylvania Conference of the Holiness Christian Church under the leadership of Horace G. Trumbauer merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. At the Second General Assembly held at Pilot Point, Texas, the Holiness Church of Christ, located in the southern United States, merged with the Pentecostal Nazarenes. The Holiness Church of Christ itself was the merger of the New Testament Church of Christ founded in July 1894 at Milan, Tennessee by R.L. Harris, but soon led by his widow Mary Lee Cagle, and a group (also

neg: Africa Nazarene University was installed as Vice Chancellor in February 1997. On 8 October 2002, the university was granted the Charter (Accreditation Credentials) by the government of Kenya, making ANU the first private university to receive the credential under the new act and without being affiliated with any other university locally and abroad. The university is composed of the following schools: Starting off with three programs, the university now has 36 programs, offered at nine campuses, as of January 2018. Africa Nazarene University Africa Nazarene University (ANU) is a private Christian-founded university in, Kenya, and an affiliate of "The Church of the Nazarene

neg: John W. Goodwin John W. Goodwin John W. Goodwin (1869–1945) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Goodwin was born near North Berwick, Maine, and was raised in the Advent Christian Church. After moving to California in 1905, he joined the Church of the Nazarene and assisted Phineas F. Bresee in the founding of Pacific Bible College. Goodwin served as pastor of the college church there and as district superintendent of the Southern California District Church of the Nazarene. When General Superintendents Bresee and William C. Wilson died in late 1915, Goodwin became a general superintendent and served

neg: Nazarene Bible Institute Nazarene Bible Institute Nazarene Bible Institute was a Bible college in Pilot Point, Texas. It has since closed. The institute was established 1905 in Pilot Point by the Holiness Church of Christ. After the Holiness Church of Christ merged with the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in 1908, the school was named Nazarene Bible Institute and became an official institution of the Abilene District Church of the Nazarene. In 1911, it closed and merged with Central Nazarene College to the west in Hamlin, Texas because Texas Holiness University in nearby Peniel, Texas had joined the Dallas District Church of the

neg: Gideon B. Williamson Church in Chicago, the Cleveland First Church of the Nazarene in Ohio, and, after he left the presidency at Eastern Nazarene in Massachusetts, the First Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri. Gideon B. Williamson Gideon Williamson (1898-1981) was a minister, president of Eastern Nazarene College (1936–1944), general president of the Nazarene Young People's Society (1932–1940), and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene (1946–1968). William was born February 20, 1898 in New Florence, Missouri, converted and called to preach at an early age in the Church of God (Holiness), and joined the Church of the Nazarene in

neg: Church of the Nazarene services and agencies. The Church of the Nazarene recognizes two sacraments: Christian baptism and the Lord's Supper, or communion. Every Nazarene church is required to administer the sacrament of the Lord's Supper at least four times a year. The 2009–2013 "Manual" encourages pastors to increase the frequency of the Lord's Supper, which some congregations celebrate monthly or even weekly. Nazarenes permit both believer's baptism and infant baptism. When a family in the Church of the Nazarene chooses not to baptize their infants they often participate in an infant dedication. Whether a child is baptized or dedicated is the choice of

neg: Point Loma Nazarene University Blair Williams, Porn Star attended before joining the adult film industry. Notable faculty members include Frank G. Carver, Wesleyan Center Scholar in Residence, Darrel R. Falk, author of "Coming to Peace with Science" and director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute outreach program, Michael Lodahl. Another notable former faculty member is Olive Winchester. Point Loma Nazarene University Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) is a Christian liberal arts college. Its main campus is located on the Point Loma oceanfront in San Diego, California, United States. It was founded in 1902 as a Bible college by the Church of the Nazarene. The

neg: Pentecostalism R. A. Torrey thought it was "emphatically not of God, and founded by a Sodomite". The Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, one of the largest holiness groups, was strongly opposed to the new Pentecostal movement. To avoid confusion, the church changed its name in 1919 to the Church of the Nazarene. A. B. Simpson's Christian and Missionary Alliance negotiated a compromise position unique for the time. Simpson believed that Pentecostal tongues speaking was a legitimate manifestation of the Holy Spirit, but he did not believe it was a necessary evidence of Spirit baptism. This view on speaking in tongues ultimately

neg: Hiram F. Reynolds Hiram F. Reynolds Hiram F. Reynolds (1854-1938) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Reynolds was born 1854 in Lyons, Illinois. He was converted at age twenty-two and began preaching the following year in the Methodist church in New England. Reynolds was ordained in 1886 by Methodist Episcopal Bishop John Fletcher Hurst. In 1895, Dr. Reynolds joined the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America. He was elected Home and Foreign Missionary Secretary two years later. When the Association merged with the Church of the Nazarene to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene in 1907,

neg: Georgia District Church of the Nazarene Georgia District Church of the Nazarene The Georgia Nazarene District is the umbrella organization of Church of the Nazarene congregations in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was officially created in 1915. It currently oversees 102 Nazarene Churches and a Nazarene campground located in the small town of Adrian. The first Nazarene Church in the state of Georgia was located in Donalsonville where T.J. Shingler and his family help support and build a church for Georgia Nazarenes. Originally a part of the Georgia Holiness Association, this group of believers joined with another holiness group in 1907. The holiness movement in

neg: Trinity Episcopal Church (Caro, Michigan) thrived for many years, but in the 1920s the Episcopal congregation dwindled, and the church disbanded in 1929. The building was sold in 1934 to the Church of the Nazarene, which had been founded in 1916. This congregation occupied the church until 1974, when they constructed a new church. The village or Caro planned to demolish the church. However, preservationists saved the church from demolition. The building was later acquired by the City of Caro and as of 2017 was used by the Thumb Area Center for the Arts. The building was in need of repair, and its future is

neg: Central Nazarene College requirements for the teaching of "sanctification." Central Nazarene College The Central Nazarene College was a junior college located in Hamlin, Texas. It closed in 1929. The school opened as a grammar school, academy, and junior college in 1909 under the leadership of Reverend W. E. Fisher, superintendent of the Abilene and Hamlin districts of the Church of the Nazarene to serve the Hamlin, San Antonio, and New Mexico Districts, with J.E.L. Moore as its first president. Central became the only Nazarene college in Texas when the Nazarene Bible Institute at Pilot Point, Texas was merged with it in 1911. President

neg: Central Nazarene College Central Nazarene College The Central Nazarene College was a junior college located in Hamlin, Texas. It closed in 1929. The school opened as a grammar school, academy, and junior college in 1909 under the leadership of Reverend W. E. Fisher, superintendent of the Abilene and Hamlin districts of the Church of the Nazarene to serve the Hamlin, San Antonio, and New Mexico Districts, with J.E.L. Moore as its first president. Central became the only Nazarene college in Texas when the Nazarene Bible Institute at Pilot Point, Texas was merged with it in 1911. President B.F. Neeley later agreed to a

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene small band in Colorado Springs remained 'loyal to the church." In 1925 the People's Mission merged with the Pilgrim Holiness Church. Seth Cook Rees (1854–1933), a Holiness Quaker evangelist, who had in March 1912 become a Nazarene when he became the founding pastor of the University Church at Pasadena, California, soon the third largest congregation in the infant denomination, left the Church of the Nazarene with most of the members of his congregation to form the Pentecost Pilgrim Church (later Pilgrim Church) on 26 May 1917. Most of the congregation in San Diego and its pastor, and the president of

neg: Peniel College Peniel College Peniel College was a Nazarene college located in Peniel, Texas. It has since closed. Texas Holiness University was founded by B. A. Cordell and E. C. DeJernett in 1898. It was then established on a 37-acre campus in 1899 by A. M. Hills and a small holiness community at Holiness, later called Peniel and now part of Greenville, Texas. It was sponsored by the Holiness Association of Texas, but the association disbanded in 1910 after many of its members united with the Church of the Nazarene. The school then became one of the first three "official" Nazarene educational

neg: Phineas F. Bresee Nazarene was held and a southern body, the Holiness Church of Christ, merged with the Pentecostal Nazarenes. E. P. Ellyson of Texas was elected to join Bresee and Reynolds on the Board of General Superintendents. Bresee served as the senior general superintendent of the church until his death in 1915. During these years, Bresee continued serving as pastor of Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene until 1911, when he retired from that position. And he edited the "Nazarene Messenger", a large weekly paper, from 1898 until 1912. Through the paper, he rallied his people and knit strong familial bonds

neg: Mildred Bangs Wynkoop an elder in the Church of the Nazarene by John W. Goodwin, General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene, and Ralph was ordained in 1935 by General Superintendent Roy T. Williams. Ralph and Mildred spent the next five years traveling as evangelists, mostly on the West Coast. They moved to Portland, Oregon, to serve the Brentwood Church of the Nazarene for nine years. When Mildred enrolled in doctoral studies in Chicago, Illinois, Ralph returned to evangelistic ministry. Wynkoop's first teaching assignment was at Western Evangelical Seminary (now George Fox Evangelical Seminary) in Portland, Oregon, where she served as Professor

neg: Church of the Nazarene the Eastern and the Western streams. The Western group was the Church of the Nazarene founded in October 1895 in Los Angeles, California by Dr. Phineas F. Bresee, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Dr Joseph Pomeroy Widney, a Methodist physician, and the second president of the University of Southern California. The Eastern group was the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America, a denomination formed on April 13, 1897 through the merger of two older bodies: The Central Evangelical Holiness Association (organized March 13–14, 1890) and led by Fred A. Hillery and C. Howard Davis; and three churches

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene took place at the First and Second General Assemblies, held at Chicago, Illinois, and Pilot Point, Texas in 1907 and 1908, respectively. The primary architect of these early mergers was C. W. Ruth. The First General Assembly held in Chicago, Illinois from 10–17 October 1907 brought together the Eastern and the Western streams. The Western group was the Church of the Nazarene founded in October 1895 in Los Angeles, California by Dr. Phineas F. Bresee, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Dr Joseph Pomeroy Widney, a Methodist physician, and the second president of the University of Southern California.

neg: Filimão Chambo Filimão Chambo Dr. Filimão M. Chambo is a Mozambique-American pastor, serving as General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene, since June 2017. He was elected on the 7th ballot. Prior to being elected as General Superintendent, he served as the Africa Regional Director of the Church of the Nazarene. He succeeded Dr. Eugenio Duarte in the role of Regional Director when Eugenio Duarte was elected as the first non-North American General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene in 2009. He now serves alongside Eugenio Duarte as the only two non-North Americans ever elected to this role. Filimão was

neg: Africa Nazarene University Africa Nazarene University Africa Nazarene University (ANU) is a private Christian-founded university in, Kenya, and an affiliate of "The Church of the Nazarene Colleges and Universities" around the world. ANU is fully accredited by the Commission for University Education and the "International Board of Education (IBOE)". The main campus is situated in the middle of the Masaai savannah, on , near the town of Ongata Rongai, adjacent to Nairobi National Park, approximately , by road, south of the city center of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. The geographical coordinates of the university's main campus are:1°24'02.0"S, 36°47'24.0"E (Latitude:-1.400556; Longitude:36.790000). The

neg: Nazarene Publishing House its administrative offices from the Troost facility to a location a short distance away, while maintaining ownership of the printing facility at its original location on Troost. They also obtained a new President Mark Brown. In February 2018, The Nazarene Publishing House changed its DBA name to The Foundry Publishing, maintaining its use of NPH for non-North American entities. The Third General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene held in Nashville, Tennessee in 1911 recommended that the infant denomination's three publishing companies (then located in Rhode Island, Texas, and Los Angeles, California) each founded by a different Nazarene parent

neg: Filimão Chambo the Rev. Samantha Chambo, also an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Together, they have two children, a daughter, Tsakani Gabriella, and a son, Emanuel. Filimão Chambo Dr. Filimão M. Chambo is a Mozambique-American pastor, serving as General Superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene, since June 2017. He was elected on the 7th ballot. Prior to being elected as General Superintendent, he served as the Africa Regional Director of the Church of the Nazarene. He succeeded Dr. Eugenio Duarte in the role of Regional Director when Eugenio Duarte was elected as the first non-North American General Superintendent

neg: Abram Fitkin wife believed that on his death bed, when he was only fifty-four, he had returned to God. According to Miller: "She and the ministers who were his personal friends, E.G. Anderson and W.B. Riley, prayed for hours with him, until God gave Mrs. Fitkin the assurance that he had come back to the Father's home." The Fitkin Memorial Church of the Nazarene (recently Fitkin's Memorial Church of the Nazarene), established at 1110 38th Avenue, Meridian, Mississippi, by January 1948, was one of the oldest African-American congregations in the Church of the Nazarene. Upon the occasion of the retirement in June

neg: Bresee Theological College Bresee Theological College Bresee College was a junior college in Hutchinson, Kansas. It has since closed. Mattie Hoke founded Kansas Holiness Bible College in Hutchinson, Kansas 1905. It was first supported by a local holiness congregation called Apostolic holiness Church, then later by the Kansas and Nebraska District Churches of the Nazarene under the name of Bresee Theological College. In 1917, R. E. Dunham was president of Kansas Holiness College. It came under the leadership of Olivet alumnus Sylvester T. Ludwig, also the general secretary for the Church of the Nazarene, starting in 1927. In 1940, its financial situation overwhelmed

neg: Walden University (Tennessee) Continuing financial difficulties forced its closing in 1925. In 1935 the campus was leased by Trevecca Nazarene University, a private Christian institution affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene, which purchased it in 1937. (See Meharry Medical College for a list of many notable medical alumni, including some from the historical period of affiliation with Walden University.) Walden University (Tennessee) Walden University was an historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 1865 by missionaries from the Northern United States on behalf of the Methodist Church to serve freedmen. Known as Central Tennessee College from 1865 to 1900,

neg: Wesleyanism merged with the Pilgrim Holiness Church to form the Wesleyan Church, which are present today. In the nineteenth century, there were many other holiness groups; many of these groups became the foundation for the Pentecostal movement. Other holiness groups that rejected the Pentecostal movement merged to form the Church of the Nazarene. The Salvation Army is another group which traces its roots to early Methodism. The Salvation Army's founders Catherine and William Booth founded the organization to stress evangelism and social action when William was a minister in the Methodist Reform Church. Wesleyanism Wesleyanism, or Wesleyan theology, is a movement

neg: Fred A. Hillery assets of the "Beulah Christian" was inadequate. Nazarenes were encouraged to support the fledgling "Herald of Holiness", which adversely affected subscriptions to the "Beulah Christian", which prompted Hillery to merge the "Beulah Christian" with the "Pentecostal Era and National Advocate of Perfect Love", which had been founded in August 1901 by Henry B. Hosley, then superintendent of the Washington D.C. District of the Church of the Nazarene and pastor of the Wesleyan Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. to form the "Pentecostal Christian". The last edition of the "Beulah Christian" was December 9, 1911, and the first edition under the new

neg: The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is a part of the international Church of the Nazarene. The Christian denomination entered Trinidad and Tobago in 1926 by sending USA missionary couple James and Nora Hill and Barbados missionary Carlotta Urchilla Graham. Their labor culminated in the incorporation of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Act of Parliament in 1974. The story of the growth of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is recorded in the book, A History of the Church of

neg: E. LeBron Fairbanks by the National Development Institute. E. LeBron Fairbanks E. LeBron Fairbanks (born July 27, 1942 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President "emeritus" of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President "emeritus" of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011. Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education

neg: E. LeBron Fairbanks E. LeBron Fairbanks E. LeBron Fairbanks (born July 27, 1942 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) is a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President "emeritus" of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President "emeritus" of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011. Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education and Lay Ministry Development, and

neg: John M. Nielson the Church of the Nazarene, and Lead Pastor of the Heights First Church of the Nazarene in Albuquerque, New Mexico since 1997. Soon after the first anniversary of their wedding and the birth of their oldest child, John M. Nielson, in June 1943 John B. Nielson resigned the pastorate of the Church of the Nazarene in Johnson, Vermont to become pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Yarmouth, Maine. Subsequently the Nielson family lived in Ottawa, Kansas; West Somerville, Massachusetts; and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, where John B. Nielson was the pastor of the local Church of the Nazarene. After

neg: Harmon Schmelzenbach purpose of founding ANU was an effort to train local pastors and church leaders for the ever-increasing reach of the Nazarene Church in Africa. Schmelzenbach is third in a line of four generations of missionaries of the Nazarene church. His son, Harmon R. Schmelzenbach works in the South Pacific area as the Field Strategy Coordinator for the Melanesian and South Pacific Fields for the Church of the Nazarene. Harmon Schmelzenbach Harmon Schmelzenbach is the founder of Africa Nazarene University (ANU) in Kenya, East Africa. As a Career Assignment Missionary to the Church of the Nazarene, Schmelzenbach continued the family missionary

neg: Trevecca Nazarene University Trevecca Nazarene University Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Trevecca was founded in 1901. Trevecca's mission is "a Christian community providing education for leadership and service." TNU was founded in 1901 by Cumberland Presbyterian minister J. O. McClurkan as the "Pentecostal Literary and Bible Training School". Part of the Pentecostal Alliance, it started offering bachelor's degrees in 1910, and the school's name was changed to Trevecca College for Christian Workers in 1911, after Trevecca College (now "Coleg Trefeca") in Wales. The school was located in downtown Nashville until 1914, when it

neg: Church of the Nazarene were published until 1999, when they were discontinued in favor of "Holiness Today", a new publication. In the meantime, Spanish, Portuguese, and French editions of "Herald of Holiness" appeared over the years. NPH is a separate corporate entity from General Church of the Nazarene, although it is accountable to the church. NPH has a Board of Directors and is also accountable to one of the six General Superintendents of the Church of the Nazarene who has oversight of NPH. NPH publishes a variety of books, music and materials. The primary label under which books are published is Beacon Hill Press.

neg: Roy T. Williams the Church of the Nazarene at Pilot Point Texas with his wife Eunice Harvey Williams and was ordained a minister by Nazarene general superintendent Hiram F. Reynolds. Among the first graduates at Texas Holiness University, Williams became the president of the university in 1911 at the age of 28. As president, he changed the name to Peniel University, and it was renamed Peniel College by a later president. Williams resigned in 1913 to become an evangelist, which he continued until 1916 when he was named the General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene after the deaths of the two

neg: Church of the Nazarene districts within the framework of a unitary global denomination under the authority of the "Manual". As early as March 3, 1914, Nazarene mission policy developed for the work in Japan by Reynolds encouraged the creation of "self-supporting and self-governing churches": When a Mission Church reaches a place where it can become entirely self supporting it shall be organized by the District Missionary Superintendent (SIC) Into a self supporting body according to the manual of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene adapted to the needs peculiar to the country, and shall be governed by the same. The church shall be granted

neg: The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by District Superintendent, the Rev. Dr. Victor Everton George, who assumed this ministry in 2006. The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is a part of the international Church of the Nazarene. The Christian denomination entered Trinidad and Tobago in 1926 by sending USA missionary couple James and Nora Hill and Barbados missionary Carlotta Urchilla Graham. Their labor culminated in the incorporation of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Act of Parliament in 1974. The story of the growth of the Church of the Nazarene

neg: Bryan Stone of Divinity from the Nazarene Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Southern Nazarene University. He specializes in research related to evangelism, ecclesiology, congregational development, urban and multicultural ministry, popular culture, the relationship between theology and film studies, and Wesleyan theology. Stone was ordained in the Church of the Nazarene and has served as a pastor in the denomination. He co-founded "Liberation Community," a multicultural congregation and faith-based non-profit, and served there as pastor and executive director from 1985-1992. From 1993-1998 he served as Professor of Practical Theology at Azusa Pacific University. Monographs "Evangelism After Pluralism." Baker Academic (2018). "A Reader

neg: Mount Vernon Nazarene University Corporation, the arena features three full-sized athletics courts with seating for 1,800 during basketball and volleyball games and 3,000 for concerts, performances, and other community events. It also features a cardio fitness center, weight rooms, offices, two concession areas, and several classrooms. MVNU also supports a wide variety of intramurals, such as tennis, softball, sand and indoor volleyball, and flag football. Mount Vernon Nazarene University Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) is a Christian liberal arts college located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States, with satellite locations in the surrounding area. It was founded in 1968 by the Church of the

neg: Eastern Nazarene College part of the Leadership Education for Adults Division. In 2008 it added satellite campuses in Boston, Brockton, Fall River, and Swansea, Massachusetts. Higher education is, historically, one of the Nazarenes' most important emphases. The Nazarenes provide their colleges with "students, administrative and faculty leadership, and financial and spiritual support... the college, while not a local congregation, is an integral part of the church; it is an expression of the church." Founded under the auspices of the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America, ENC was one of the first three schools officially chosen to be Nazarene institution in 1915, making it

neg: Dan Boone (minister) Dan Boone (minister) Dan Boone is a Nazarene minister, author, and university president. Dan Boone is a descendent of the frontiersman Daniel Boone. He has served as the senior pastor of North Raleigh Church of the Nazarene in Raleigh, North Carolina, Trevecca Community Church of the Nazarene in Nashville, Tennessee and College Church of the Nazarene in Bourbonnais, Illinois, which serves Olivet Nazarene University, as well as the Kankakee-Bradley-Bourbonnais, Illinois community. In 2005, Dan Boone was elected to serve as the 11th president of Trevecca Nazarene University. He finished his first term as President in 2009 and was elected to

neg: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary of the Nazarene. Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary is incorporated legally as a corporation in the Republic of the Philippines. Governance of APNTS is tasked by the articles of incorporation to the Board of Trustees who are elected usually every four years by members of the Church of the Nazarene in the Asia-Pacific Region. "Ex-officio" members are the APNTS President, Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Region of the Church of the Nazarene, and the Regional Director of the Eurasia Region of the Church of the Nazarene. Members from each of the following fields of the Church of the Nazarene are elected

neg: Olivet Nazarene University Olivet Nazarene University Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a Christian liberal arts university located in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. Named for Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. It is affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene and is the annual site of the Church's "Regional Celebrate Life" youth gathering for the Central USA Region. It is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Olivet Nazarene University traces its roots to 1907, when the Eastern Illinois Holiness Association started Miss Mary Nesbitt's grammar school in a

neg: Celtic Orthodox Church (full name: Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England). The three were the Ancient British Church (then led by its second patriarch, Charles Isaac Stevens), the Free Protestant Church (founded and led by Bishop Leon Chechemian) and the Nazarene Episcopal Church (founded and led by Bishop James Martin). Leon Chechemian was appointed first primus of the new church and he served in this capacity for three years until 30 December 1900, at which point he was succeeded by Patriarch Stevens. The patriarch of the Ancient British Church and the primus of the Free Protestant Episcopal Church then coincided in Stevens and

neg: David Busic David Busic David Busic (born 1964) is an ordained minister and 40th general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, the denomination's highest elected office. He was elected on June 25, 2013, at the 28th General Assembly and Conventions in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to his election as general superintendent, Busic served as the president of the Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. He has also served as the senior pastor of Bethany First Church of the Nazarene (Bethany, OK), Central Church of the Nazarene (Lenexa, KS), and Vineyard Community Church of the Nazarene (Livermore, CA). He served on staff

neg: Leon Chechemian Ireland in 1890, and was licensed as a cleric in the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough by William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket, archbishop of Dublin. The Free Protestant Episcopal Church was formed on 2 November 1897 at St. Stephen's Church in East Ham, London by uniting the Ancient British Church, led by Stevens; the Free Protestant Church, founded and led by Chechemian; and the Nazarene Episcopal Church, founded and led by Martin. Chechemian was appointed first primus of the new church. George Maaers and Frederick Boucher were consecrated on 2 November 1897 by Chechemian and Martin, to

neg: J. K. Warrick J. K. Warrick J. K. Warrick (born 1945) is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene. Following nearly 38 years of pastoral ministry, Warrick was elected to the Board of General Superintendents by the 26th General Assembly held in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2005. He served as pastor of churches in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and Kansas. When elected general superintendent, he had served for nearly 12 years as pastor of College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, Kansas. He attended Bethany Nazarene College, later graduating with a Th.B. from Trinity College of the Bible

neg: Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th-century Holiness movement in North America. With its members commonly referred to as Nazarenes, it is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of September 2016 the Church of the Nazarene had 2,471,553 members in 30,574 churches in 162 different "world areas". With 626,811 members at the end of 2016, the United States was the nation with the greatest number of Nazarenes. Other nations with large Nazarene populations include Mozambique (202,118), Brazil (153,002), India (136,079), Haiti (134,236), Bangladesh (123,192),

neg: William J. Prince Prince died December 24, 2012. Funeral services held at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene in Bethany Oklahoma with interment in Bethany Cemetery, Bethany Oklahoma. William J. Prince William J. Prince (1930 - 2012) was a minister, college president, and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Prince became the district superintendent for the Pittsburgh District Church of the Nazarene in 1979. After serving in Pittsburgh he was selected to be president of Mount Vernon Nazarene University where he served from 1980 to 1989. There is an endowed scholarship at Nazarene Theological Seminary named after Prince and his

neg: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Stowe and Director of the World Mission Department of the Church of the Nazarene Jerald Johnson articulated the need for a graduate-level theological seminary for the denomination in Asia. On 19 January 1977 the General Board of the Church of the Nazarene approved a plan to establish a Far Eastern Nazarene Theological Semiinary (subsequently called Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary) to serve the Asia and Pacific regions of the church because of the particular needs of the church in that part of the world. Donald Owens, Professor of Missions at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City and formerly a missionary to

neg: The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Dr. Gelien Matthews. In 2013, the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago has approximately 4,000 members in 31 congregations, and is part of the Mesoamerica Region of the International Church of the Nazarene. The growth of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago has also been tied to the establishment of a Nazarene College (NTC then CNTC and now CNC) in Trinidad. This story has been vividly captured in the book, Triumph in Trinidad-God's Promises never failed by USA missionary Dr. Ruth O. Saxon, who served as Professor, Academic

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene General Assembly each delegate received a packet of materials advocating a charismatic revival in the denomination and for an acceptance of tongues-speaking members. When Charismatic Nazarenes failed to have the denomination relax its position at both the 1972 and 1976 General Assemblies, and in light of "strongly worded" statements by the Board of General Superintendents in 1976, the Fellowship of Charismatic Nazarenes was formed in Kansas City in 1977, with Warren Black (born 27 November 1927 in Bethany, Oklahoma), a former accountant at the Nazarene Publishing House, who had been "ousted from his Church of the Nazarene pulpit", chosen to

neg: Southern Nazarene University Mattie Mallory. Mallory used her inheritance to buy property north of the city, which she named Beulah Heights, and relocated the orphanage there. Then, in 1906, the Beulah Heights Academy and Bible School opened. In 1909, the school was renamed Oklahoma Holiness College and new property was purchased to the west of Oklahoma City at Bethany. That same year the surrounding holiness community became Nazarene and, as its church base swelled, the school’s financial problems "proved less threatening than those at other institutions". The school eventually changed its name in 1918 to Oklahoma Nazarene College, when the first Nazarene Educational

neg: Nazarene Missionaries system for missionaries in the Church of the Nazarene. The World Mission Department has developed various ways to support missionaries serving on the mission field. Nazarene Missionaries Nazarene Missionaries are missionaries trained and supported by the Church of the Nazarene. There are currently 737 missionaries. Missionaries are sent around the world as a means for evangelism and church development. The Nazarene missionary is a member of the clergy or a layperson who has been appointed by the General Board to work a ministerial position through the World Mission Department/Evangelism Committee or through the USA/Canada Mission/Evangelism Committee. Nazarene missionaries minister in

neg: Ancient British Church Church presbyter, succeeded Morgan in 1879. Stevens in turn consecrated Leon Chechemian, an Armenian vardapet, who took the religious name Mar Leon. On 2 November 1897, the Ancient British Church, led by Stevens, merged with the Free Protestant Church of England, founded and led by Chechemian, and the Nazarene Episcopal Church, founded and led by James Martin, to form a new church called the Free Protestant Episcopal Church (full name: Free Protestant Episcopal Church of England). For its first three years, the united church was led by Chechemian, until 30 December 1900 at which point Chechemian handed-over the reins of

neg: Nazarene Theological Seminary Nazarene Theological Seminary Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) is a Christian seminary affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri, which was formerly also the location of the headquarters of the Church of the Nazarene. The seminary was established by the Eleventh General Assembly in June 1944 and started its first school year in 1945 with 61 students. It moved to its current location in 1950. The seminary offers Master's degrees in Divinity, Christian Education, Intercultural Studies, and Theological Studies as well as a Doctor of Ministry degree and various other non-degree programs. The Church

neg: History of the Church of the Nazarene be its inaugural leader. Black indicated in a 1977 interview that he knew of fifty Nazarene ministers "who had been put out because of receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. The church takes a very intolerant position about it". In 1985, the Wesleyan Holiness Charismatic Fellowship was formed with Wilbur L. Jackson, a former Nazarene pastor from Cincinnati, Ohio its initial leader. Both groups work co-operatively. Gold Creek Community Church was a large congregation in the Church of the Nazarene that left the denomination to be an independent non-denominational church in 2012. Its ministers were removed from the role

neg: Lechwe Secondary School Lechwe Secondary School Lechwe School is located in Kitwe, Zambia. Lechwe was founded by Neil Molver and started with four pupils in July 1977 but only officially begun that September. Classes were held in the Church of Nazarene and an Evangelical church. By January 1978 the numbers had grown significantly, needing an additional Hindu Hall for classes. In May 1978 the schools current location was adopted. It consisted of an administration block and eight classrooms. Lechwe remained a primary school until 1992 when the first form one (8th grade) class was started. In 1997 the first A level class graduated

neg: Nazarene Catholic School the administration of Saint John the Baptist Parish in Manila, commonly known as Quiapo Church, the seat of the Black Nazarene; appointments are usually given by the Manila Archbishop of the day. From time to time, the school - through the different student organizations like the Social Community Service Club - coordinates with the Parish leadership and personnel to provide various assistance to residents within the vicinity. Nazarene Catholic School The Nazarene Catholic School is a private Roman Catholic school located in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines. It was formerly known as the Quiapo Parochial School from 1978 until 2005, when its

neg: Lechwe Secondary School Olympics and in July 2002 Andre and Ursula Kuenzli represented Zambia in the Commonwealth Games in England. Lechwe Secondary School Lechwe School is located in Kitwe, Zambia. Lechwe was founded by Neil Molver and started with four pupils in July 1977 but only officially begun that September. Classes were held in the Church of Nazarene and an Evangelical church. By January 1978 the numbers had grown significantly, needing an additional Hindu Hall for classes. In May 1978 the schools current location was adopted. It consisted of an administration block and eight classrooms. Lechwe remained a primary school until 1992 when