What Is a Nazarene?
Understanding Our Place in the Religious Community, Revised and Updated
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
| Author: | Wes Tracy, Stan Ingersol | ISBN: | 9780834131347 |
| Publisher: | Nazarene Publishing House | Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Beacon Hill Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wes Tracy, Stan Ingersol |
| ISBN: | 9780834131347 |
| Publisher: | Nazarene Publishing House |
| Publication: | December 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | Beacon Hill Press |
| Language: | English |
Around the turn of the 19th century, the Holiness Movement blossomed in America. WesleyanHoliness denominations sprang up all over the country. In 19078, five of these joined together to form the Church of the Nazarene. The dream that drew the founders together was a believers church in the Wesleyan tradition. It is the same dream that guides the Church of the Nazarene today. But how does that translate into a world where denominational lines dont seem to matter as much as they used to? How is a Nazarene different from a Presbyterian, Baptist, or Pentecostal brother or sister in Christ? What is a Nazarene? answers those questions in concise, easytounderstand terms, as it examines the similarities and differences between the Church of the Nazarene and other mainline Christian denominations. With refreshing insight and candor, what is a Nazarene? will acquaint you with the heritage that birthed a vision that made a dream come true.
Around the turn of the 19th century, the Holiness Movement blossomed in America. WesleyanHoliness denominations sprang up all over the country. In 19078, five of these joined together to form the Church of the Nazarene. The dream that drew the founders together was a believers church in the Wesleyan tradition. It is the same dream that guides the Church of the Nazarene today. But how does that translate into a world where denominational lines dont seem to matter as much as they used to? How is a Nazarene different from a Presbyterian, Baptist, or Pentecostal brother or sister in Christ? What is a Nazarene? answers those questions in concise, easytounderstand terms, as it examines the similarities and differences between the Church of the Nazarene and other mainline Christian denominations. With refreshing insight and candor, what is a Nazarene? will acquaint you with the heritage that birthed a vision that made a dream come true.
