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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 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 ...
A number of modern churches use the word "Nazarene" or variants in their name or beliefs: The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene), originating in the Swiss Nazarene Baptist movement; The Church of the Nazarene, a Protestant Christian denomination that was born out of the Holiness Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries;
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 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 the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Dr. Gelien Matthews. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2013, the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago has approximately 4,000 members in 31 congregations, [ 4 ] and is part of the ...
In 1608, the icon was enshrined at the Recollect church of San Nicolás de Tolentino in Intramuros. It was moved to the Saint John the Baptist Church, which is now commonly referred to as the Quiapo Church, on January 9, 1787. [1] The "solemn transfer" eventually became the date of the Feast of the Jesus Nazareno. [2]
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 ...
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. [72]