What Is a Nazarene?: Understanding Our Place in the Religious Community

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.

Author: Wes Tracy, Stan Ingersol
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
Published: 04/01/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780834129627

About the Author
Dr. Wes Tracy has been a leader and teacher in Adult Education projects on four continents. He has served the Church as pastor, teacher, author, and editor. Tracy holds five degrees, including two master's degrees and two academically earned doctorates. The former editor of eight Christian periodicals, he has published 1,500 articles and is the author or co-author of more than 20 books including The Upward Call, Here We Stand, and, Reflecting God. Stan Ingersol has been the Nazarene Archives manager since 1985. He wrote Nazarene Roots: Prophets, Pastors, Revivalists & Reformers and is a co-author of Our Watchword & Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene. He has written for many Nazarene publications, the Wesleyan Theological Journal, Methodist History, and several theological dictionaries and encyclopedias. For ten years he was a Nazarene delegate on the World Methodist Council. His spouse, Rev. Cheryl Somers-Ingersol, is a pastor in Overland Park, Kansas.