What is a Nazarene? : understanding our place in the religious community / Wes Tracy, Stan Ingersol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tracy, Wesley.

Contributor:

Ingersol, Stan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of the Nazarene.

Holiness churches--United States.

Holiness churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and updated.

Place of Publication:

Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Around the turn of the 19th century, the Holiness Movement blossomed in America. Wesleyan-Holiness denominations sprang up all over the country. In 1907-8, 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 don t 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, easy-to-understand 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.

Contents:

""Cover Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Introduction: A Spiritual Home""; ""PART 1 WHO ARE THE NAZARENES? ""; ""1. They Shared a Dream: The Launching of the Nazarene Movement""; ""2. What Nazarenes Believe and Practice""; ""PART 2 OUR CLOSEST KIN: THE METHODIST AND HOLINESS CHURCHES ""; ""3. Early Wesleyan Foundations""; ""4. American Methodists""; ""5. Our Sister Denominations: The Holiness Churches""; ""PART 3 THE LITURGICAL CHURCHES ""; ""6. The Eastern Orthodox Churches""; ""7. The Roman Catholic Church""; ""PART 4 CLASSICAL PROTESTANT CHURCHES ""

""8. The First Protestants: Lutherans Rearrange the Christian World""""9. Calvin�s Kin: Presbyterians and Reformed Churches""; ""10. Catholic and Reformed: The Anglican Paradox""; ""PART 5 THE TRADITION OF THE BELIEVERS� CHURCH""; ""11. The Peace Churches: Anabaptists, Brethren, and Quakers""; ""12. The Baptists: A Priesthood of Believers""; ""13. Unity and Simplicity: The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)""; ""PART 6 THE PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC CHURCHES ""; ""14. The Pentecostals and Charismatics""; ""15. Nazarenes in Dialogue with the Pentecostals and Charismatics""

""Appendix: Nazarene Articles of Faith, The Church (including Agreed Statement of Belief and The Covenant of Christian Character)""""Notes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8341-3134-X