Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene
	Seal of the Church of the Nazarene
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Wesleyan–Holiness
Theology	Methodist
Polity	Mixed: elements of Congregationalist,; Presbyterian,; and Episcopal polities
Associations	Christian Holiness Partnership;; Wesleyan Holiness Connection;; National Association of Evangelicals;; World Methodist Council (until 2025);; 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); Crusaders Churches (1972)
Congregations	31,049 (2020)
Members	2,640,216 (2020)
Official website	nazarene.org

The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism during the late 19th century.

The denomination has its headquarters in Lenexa, Kansas.^[1] and its members are commonly referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest denomination in the world aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, with just under 3 million members worldwide. The Church of the Nazarene was a member denomination of the World Methodist Council until 2025. The denomination differentiates itself by placing particular emphasis on the process of sanctification as a part of the Holiness movement.

^ ^a ^b Cooper, Aimee Stone (2016). Means of Grace as Formative Holiness: The Role and Significance of John Wesley's Spiritual Formation Practices in The Pursuit of Christian Holiness for The Church of The Nazarene.
^ O'Brien, Glen; Carey, Hilary M. (March 3, 2016). Methodism in Australia: A History. Routledge. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-317-09709-9. identifying with the Church of the Nazarene, 846 of these in Queensland. The Church began to advertise itself as 'a church in the Methodist tradition' in order to make its theological orientation clear to the public

[Cooper2016-1] Cooper, Aimee Stone (2016). Means of Grace as Formative Holiness: The Role and Significance of John Wesley's Spiritual Formation Practices in The Pursuit of Christian Holiness for The Church of The Nazarene.

[O'BrienCarey2016-2] O'Brien, Glen; Carey, Hilary M. (March 3, 2016). Methodism in Australia: A History. Routledge. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-317-09709-9. identifying with the Church of the Nazarene, 846 of these in Queensland. The Church began to advertise itself as 'a church in the Methodist tradition' in order to make its theological orientation clear to the public

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