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The history of the Church of the Nazarene has been divided into seven overlapping periods by the staff of the Nazarene archives in Lenexa, Kansas: (1) Parent Denominations (1887–1907); (2) Consolidation (1896–1915); (3) Search for Solid Foundations (1911–1928); (4) Persistence Amid Adversity (1928–1945); (5) Mid-Century Crusade for Souls (1945–1960); (6) Toward the Post-War ...
Our Watchword and Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene. Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-2444-8. Parker, J. Fred (1988). Mission to the World: A History of Missions in the Church of the Nazarene Through 1985. Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House. Purkiser, Westlake T. (1983).
The Nazarenes (or Nazoreans; Greek: Ναζωραῖοι, romanized: Nazorēoi) [1] were an early Jewish Christian sect in first-century Judaism. The first use of the term is found in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 24, Acts 24:5) of the New Testament, where Paul the Apostle is accused of being a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes ("πρωτοστάτην τε τῆς τῶν ...
Phineas F. Bresee (December 31, 1838 – November 13, 1915) was the primary founder of the Church of the Nazarene, and founding president of Point Loma Nazarene University. Painting of Bresee on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, NC
The epithet Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th-century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive spirituality in art. The name Nazarene came from a term of derision used against them for their affectation of a biblical manner of clothing and hair style.
The Church of the Nazarene is a conservative, evangelical, Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. It is headquartered in the United States of America with nearly 3 million members worldwide. Church governance, as well as statements of the church's beliefs, are found in a book called The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. This ...
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In November 1904 the Milan New Testament Church of Christ met in Rising Star, Texas to agree to a church union with the Independent Holiness Church. Over the following year, a joint committee adopted the merger and took on the name "Holiness Church of Christ" [ 1 ] Mary Lee Cagle was present at the meeting at Pilot Point, Texas where this ...