Church of the Nazarene
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For the Anabaptist denomination, see Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene).
The Church of the Nazarene is a Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.[1][2] With its members commonly referred to as Nazarenes, it is the largest denomination in the world aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and is a member of the World Methodist Council.
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Church of the Nazarene | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Wesleyan–Holiness[1] |
Theology | Methodist[2] |
Polity | Mixed: elements of Congregationalist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal polities |
Associations | Christian Holiness Partnership; Wesleyan Holiness Connection; National Association of Evangelicals; World Methodist Council; Global Wesleyan Alliance |
Region | Global |
Headquarters | Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas United States |
Founder | Include: Phineas F. Bresee, Hiram F. Reynolds, William Howard Hoople, Mary Lee Cagle, Robert Lee Harris, J.B. Chapman, and C. W. Ruth |
Origin | October 13, 1908 Pilot Point, Texas, U.S. |
Branched from | Church of the Nazarene (1895), Association of Pentecostal Churches of America (1897), and Holiness Church of Christ (1904) |
Merger of | 15 Holiness denominations 1907–1988 |
Separations | Pentecost-Pilgrim Church (1917) Bible Missionary Church (1955) Holiness Church of the Nazarene (1958) Church of the Bible Covenant (1967) |
Congregations | 31,049 (2020) |
Members | 2,640,216 (2020) |
Official website | nazarene |
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