Nazarene roll call

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[Maid Marie]

Hello.

 

[suzeequeue]

well.... i was a member of a Nazarene church for many, many years, but our pastor went away... boo-hoo... and our church dwindled.

several years later, pastor started another Nazarene church in another town, only about 30 miles from my town, so we started going to this new church in the other town. the town sits between two cities where he used to pastor churches, and many people now come from both those cities to this little 100-person town to attend church under our old pastor. God bless him.

our little congregation grew quite quickly, and beings as most of our members tithe, the $$ was flowing, and we needed a larger building, so wanted to add on... but CoN council or whoever... sorry i'm not up on all the details, would not let us use the $$ to add on... so we took a church vote, and decided to become a nondenominational church... 100% vote in that direction, so now we are 'nondenominational' but i do love the Church of the Nazarene, and my 'icon' still says Nazarene. but really, i'm not any label, just a child of the King

 

[CelticRebel]

well.... i was a member of a Nazarene church for many, many years, but our pastor went away... boo-hoo... and our church dwindled.

several years later, pastor started another Nazarene church in another town, only about 30 miles from my town, so we started going to this new church in the other town. the town sits between two cities where he used to pastor churches, and many people now come from both those cities to this little 100-person town to attend church under our old pastor. God bless him.

our little congregation grew quite quickly, and beings as most of our members tithe, the $$ was flowing, and we needed a larger building, so wanted to add on... but CoN council or whoever... sorry i'm not up on all the details, would not let us use the $$ to add on... so we took a church vote, and decided to become a nondenominational church... 100% vote in that direction, so now we are 'nondenominational' but i do love the Church of the Nazarene, and my 'icon' still says Nazarene. but really, i'm not any label, just a child of the King

Did you have to give the building back to the district?

 

[suzeequeue]

no. we are, and have been since day one, located in an old 'community center.' but you've posed an interesting question, as to why the CoN would not have owned it. how odd. i never even thought of that. perhaps our pastor and his wife bought that building before they started our church? i've no idea, actually...

 

[ServantJohn]

I'm a charismatic that goes to a Baptist church but love the Nazarenes probably more than any other denomination. Does that count? lol

 

[Dave-W]

A chari-bapti-Nazarene? Cool.

Huge differences in theology there bro.

I started out CoN, but we got kicked out when my mom went pentecostal. (Assy of God) So I was that until college when I joined a nondenom charismatic church. (but still with Wesleyan roots)

Now I am am a charismatic Messianic. I find Wesleyan/CoN doctrine to be compatible in many areas with Messianic and Jewish theology. In fact one of our elders still has close ties to his own CoN upbringing.

 

[ServantJohn]

A chari-bapti-Nazarene? Cool.

Huge differences in theology there bro.

I started out CoN, but we got kicked out when my mom went pentecostal. (Assy of God) So I was that until college when I joined a nondenom charismatic church. (but still with Wesleyan roots)

Now I am a charismatic Messianic. I find Wesleyan/CoN doctrine to be compatible in many areas with Messianic and Jewish theology. In fact one of our elders still has close ties to his own CoN upbringing.

Charibaptirene... that works. Yea, I know the theological differences, but the same Jesus. I'm surprised you guys were kicked out, unless she was operating in the gifts during service. I went to a Nazarene church where half of the congregation were charismatic. The youth pastor of the Baptist church I am at got his training through the AoG. The elder teaching the Wednesday night service at this Baptist church is charismatic. He started speaking in tongues during his normal prayer time without even knowing it. His wife told him.

 

[Dave-W]

I'm surprised you guys were kicked out

It was 1963. Every other sermon (after the pastor found out mom and 2 other women went to a pentecostal prayer meeting and spoke in tongues) was how tounges were "of the devil." After she would not take the "hint," we were told to either renounce pentecostalism and vow to never speak in tongues again or leave. We left. I know one woman stayed. I do not know about the 3rd woman.

I know that the culture of the denomination has changed a lot since then.

Back then a lot of the A/G pastors were Nazarenes and Wesleyans who became pentecostals and got the left foot of fellowship.

 

[ServantJohn]

It was 1963. Every other sermon (after the pastor found out mom and 2 other women went to a pentecostal prayer meeting and spoke in tongues) was how tounges were "of the devil." After she would not take the "hint," we were told to either renounce pentecostalism and vow to never speak in tongues again or leave. We left. I know one woman stayed. I do not know about the 3rd woman.

I know that the culture of the denomination has changed a lot since then.

Back then a lot of the A/G pastors were Nazarenes and Wesleyans who became pentecostals and got the left foot of fellowship.

Oh OK. I didn't know that used to be the position of the Nazarene church. I checked out a oneness pentecostal church during a short period to see what they were about. After the preacher found out that I was a trinitarian, that's all he preached about every time I went.

 

[PrincetonGuy]

A chari-bapti-Nazarene? Cool.

Huge differences in theology there bro.

I started out CoN, but we got kicked out when my mom went pentecostal. (Assy of God) So I was that until college when I joined a nondenom charismatic church. (but still with Wesleyan roots)

Now I am am a charismatic Messianic. I find Wesleyan/CoN doctrine to be compatible in many areas with Messianic and Jewish theology. In fact one of our elders still has close ties to his own CoN upbringing.

I am a member of a CoN congregation, but I have roots and sympathies with the Assemblies of God. I am also an ordained Baptist minister. I have also served as the senior pastor of an interdenominational church with associate and assistant pastors who were Baptists or of the Assemblies of God or the Christian Missionary Alliance. One of our Bible teachers graduated from a CoN college and was ordained by the CoN while serving with me. He prayed in tongues every day, and was thankful that the CoN was unaware of that practice. For more than 20 years, I have been a Wesleyan Baptist.

 

[circuitrider]

PrinctonGuy, I used to be a Wesleyan/Methodist leaning Baptist pastor. Then I made the move to the United Methodist Church and am pastoring a UMC congregation.

 

[JAM2b]

I grew up Southern Baptist and then moved on to other types of Baptist churches after reaching adulthood. In my late 20's and early 30's I flopped back and forth between non-denominational and Disciples of Christ. I am facinated by Mennonite teachings, but don't want to live such a restricted lifestyle in areas that don't matter morally. Now I have found myself very drawn to a First Church of the Nazarene. I feel very much at peace there, eventhough I don't know a whole lot about the denomination or the history of Nazarenes.

 

[Maid Marie]

I grew up Southern Baptist and then moved on to other types of Baptist churches after reaching adulthood. In my late 20's and early 30's I flopped back and forth between non-denominational and Disciples of Christ. I am facinated by Mennonite teachings, but don't want to live such a restricted lifestyle in areas that don't matter morally. Now I have found myself very drawn to a First Church of the Nazarene. I feel very much at peace there, eventhough I don't know a whole lot about the denomination or the history of Nazarenes.

Welcome to the family

 

[PrincetonGuy]

I grew up Southern Baptist and then moved on to other types of Baptist churches after reaching adulthood. In my late 20's and early 30's I flopped back and forth between non-denominational and Disciples of Christ. I am facinated by Mennonite teachings, but don't want to live such a restricted lifestyle in areas that don't matter morally. Now I have found myself very drawn to a First Church of the Nazarene. I feel very much at peace there, eventhough I don't know a whole lot about the denomination or the history of Nazarenes.

You may enjoy reading Called Unto Holiness by Timothy L. Smith, a history of the Church of the Nazarene.

 

[Maid Marie]

You may enjoy reading Called Unto Holiness by Timothy L. Smith, a history of the Church of the Nazarene.

Or, if you have a few more bucks to spare [if your pastor doesn't have this book already and can loan it to you] - Our Watchword and Song by Floyd Cunningham is the most current Nazarene History book available.

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Watchword-Song-Centennial-Nazarene/dp/0834124440

 

[JAM2b]

Thanks guys.

 

[PrincetonGuy]

Or, if you have a few more bucks to spare [if your pastor doesn't have this book already and can loan it to you] - Our Watchword and Song by Floyd Cunningham is the most current Nazarene History book available.


http://www.amazon.com/Our-Watchword-Song-Centennial-Nazarene/dp/0834124440

No, thank you! $$$$$$. I purchased Timothy Smith’s book brand new in the hard cover edition for $4.50! (That was a BIG few years ago).

 

[Mick116]

I'm Catholic, but I study theology through the Nazarene Theological College, and I'm a big fan of John Wesley. So don't hold it against me.

 

[Maid Marie]

I'm Catholic, but I study theology through the Nazarene Theological College, and I'm a big fan of John Wesley. So don't hold it against me.

No reason to hold your Catholicity against you. Wesley was a believer in having a "catholic" spirit.