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“We See A Church . . .

     . . . where all activity and ministry flow out of prayer.”

     . . . empowered by the Holy Spirit.”

     . . . composed of small groups where fellowship, prayer, and the study of God’s Word change lives.”

     . . . reaching out to others by praying, caring, and sharing.”

     . . . worshiping God in Spirit and truth.”

     . . . planting new churches as God leads.”

     . . . participating in world missions through praying, giving, and going."

This is the vision God has given us.

JOIN US AS WE BUILD THIS CHURCH!

"Helping people respond

to God’s invitation to relationship and mission”

Matthew 28:19-20

We believe in one God, the Creator of all things, Who reveals Himself as Father, Son and Spirit.

We believe in Jesus Christ, who is fully God and fully man at the same time, Who became like us to bring about our salvation.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, Who is active in the world bringing us to salvation.

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, giving us all we need to know about how to be saved.

We believe that we are all sinners by both nature and act and are in need God’s forgiveness and cleansing.

We believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and that, by trusting in His death, we can be restored to a right relation to God.

We believe that God has enabled us to turn to Him from sin, but that He has not forced us to do so.

We believe that each person must repent, turn away from his sins and trust Christ to accept him.

We believe that when we turn from sin and trust in Christ, the old record of sin is wiped clean, and we are born anew, thus becoming part of the family of God.

We believe that after being born again, we need the fullness of God’s Spirit in our hearts. When we make a complete commitment to Him, He cleanses us, fills us with His Holy Spirit and gives us power to live victoriously.

We believe in the Church, the community that confesses Jesus Christ as Lord, the covenant people of God made new in Christ, the Body of Christ called together by the Holy Spirit through the Word.

We believe in baptism and urge people to be baptized as Christians.

We believe in the Lord’s Supper.

We believe God can heal. We pray for healing. We also believe that God can work through medical science.

We believe Jesus Christ is coming again.

We believe that everyone shall face the judgment of God with its rewards and its punishments.

The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. The doctrine that distinguishes the Church of the Nazarene and other Wesleyan denominations from most other Christian denominations is that of entire sanctification. Nazarenes believe that God calls Christians to a life of holy living that is marked by an act of God, cleansing the heart from original sin and filling the individual with love for God and humankind. This experience is marked by entire consecration of the believer to do God's will and is followed by a life of seeking to serve God through service to others. Like salvation, entire sanctification is an act of God's grace, not of works. Our pursuant service to God is an act of love whereby we show our appreciation for the grace that has been extended to us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Organized in 1908, the Church is now home to more than 1.5 million members worshiping in over 14,000 local congregations in 151 world areas. Our global mission is to share the good news that Jesus Christ is the source of hope for our lives and to spread the message of scriptural holiness (Christlike living) across the lands. For more information about the distinctive beliefs of the Church of the Nazarene, click here.