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Theological Coherence Of Church Of The Nazarene Youth Pastors In The U.S. With The Articles Of Faith, Gary W. Hartke
Theological Coherence Of Church Of The Nazarene Youth Pastors In The U.S. With The Articles Of Faith, Gary W. Hartke
Scholar Week 2016 - present
Ethical Leadership Colloquium
Members of the Ed.D. Class of 2016-17, Cohort XII
Faith-Based Programming And Community Transformation, Larry Bollinger
Faith-Based Programming And Community Transformation, Larry Bollinger
Ed.D. Dissertations
The purpose of this research was to investigate the correlation between holistic programs administered by local Nazarene congregations and any impact on self-efficacy in order to assess the programs’ impact on community transformation. The goal was to determine if faith has a positive impact on poverty alleviation outcomes and if local congregations can be at least as effective as secular agencies in helping communities make progress out of poverty. The researcher used the New General Self-Efficacy (NGSE) scale to evaluate self-efficacy (Chen, Gully, & Eden, 2001) and found the beneficiaries of the holistic programs of Bangladesh Nazarene Mission had statistically …
An Analysis Of Education And Experience In Pastoral Leadership Development, Justin L. Hayes
An Analysis Of Education And Experience In Pastoral Leadership Development, Justin L. Hayes
Ed.D. Dissertations
This study analyzed the relationships between education and servant leadership behaviors and between experience and servant leadership behaviors. The goal was to determine whether education or experience served as the stronger predictor of servant leadership behaviors among Nazarene pastors. Several linear regressions were calculated using data submitted by 37 Nazarene pastors serving in the United States and Canada from a demographic survey designed by the researcher and the Servant Leadership Questionnaire. This study showed participating Nazarene pastors rate strongly in servant leadership behaviors, but no predictive relationships between education and servant leadership, between total years (full time and part time) …
Resourcing The Postmodern Pastor: An Examination Of Young Pastors’ Attitudes And The Implications For Denominational Publishers, Bonnie J. Perry
Resourcing The Postmodern Pastor: An Examination Of Young Pastors’ Attitudes And The Implications For Denominational Publishers, Bonnie J. Perry
Ed.D. Dissertations
This study explored the influence of postmodernity on the changing attitudes of young pastors regarding spirituality and discipleship in their adult congregants. The purpose of this study was to educate and equip Christian publishers to resource young pastors who are ministering in a postmodern culture. The study focused on Church of the Nazarene pastors 35 years old or younger in the calendar year 2012, exploring their attitudes toward Christian faith, spirituality, and discipleship. At certain junctures in the study, the young pastors’ attitudes were compared to those of pastors who were 36 years or older in order to determine what …
Brief Glimpses Of Women In Ministry Within Early Holiness Organizations And The Church Of The Nazarene, Robert Doyle Smith
Brief Glimpses Of Women In Ministry Within Early Holiness Organizations And The Church Of The Nazarene, Robert Doyle Smith
Faculty Scholarship – Theology
This is a revised paper edited to fit the format for Scholar Week presentations April 2013 at Olivet Nazarene University. The earlier longer draft had been presented in the Women’s In Ministry Conference held at Glasgow University in May 2012. As a document delivered in a speaking context it does not include the normal documentation.
Reading the journals of the three primary groups that merged to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene (PCN) in 1907 and 1908 reveals the context that made possible the ordination of Olive Winchester and her early ministry within the PCN. This paper provides glimpses …
Early Glimpses Of Women In Ministry Within Early Holiness Organizations And The Church Of The Nazarene, Robert Doyle Smith
Early Glimpses Of Women In Ministry Within Early Holiness Organizations And The Church Of The Nazarene, Robert Doyle Smith
Faculty Scholarship – Theology
Paper first presented at the Women in Ministry Conference held at Glasgow University in May 2012. The conference celebrated the first woman, Olive Winchester, to be ordained in the UK. As a document delivered in a speaking context it does not include the normal documentation.
Reading the journals of the three primary groups that merged to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene (PCN) in 1907 and 1908 reveals the context that made possible the ordination of Olive Winchester and her early ministry within the PCN. This paper provides glimpses of women minsters through the journals of these early groups …
Chicago Central District 2012 : 108th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
Chicago Central District 2012 : 108th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
District Assembly Journals
Proceedings and reports from the session held at Danville First Church of the Nazarene, Danville, Illinois, April 15-16, 2012. Dr. J. K. Warrick, General Superintendent, and Dr. Brian Wilson, District Superintendent.
The Church Of The Nazarene In The U.S.: Race, Gender, And Class In The Struggle With Pentecostalism And Aspirations Toward Respectability, 1895-1985, Charles L. Perabeau
The Church Of The Nazarene In The U.S.: Race, Gender, And Class In The Struggle With Pentecostalism And Aspirations Toward Respectability, 1895-1985, Charles L. Perabeau
Faculty Scholarship – Sociology
This dissertation considers how the issues of race, gender, and class factored in the response of the Church of the Nazarene to the Azusa Street Revival, and how the processes of anti-Pentecostalization, whitening, masculinization, and embourgeoisement have contributed to elevating the social respectability of the Church of the Nazarene in the United States.
Marketing Nazarene Higher Education: A Study Of Nazarene High School Senior College Choice, Timothy W. Eades
Marketing Nazarene Higher Education: A Study Of Nazarene High School Senior College Choice, Timothy W. Eades
Ed.D. Dissertations
This was a quantitative study of college choice factors as related to Nazarene high school seniors. A purposeful sample comprised of 6,918 students was utilized leading to 343 valid survey respondents. Valid respondents were specifically high-school seniors, over the age of 18, which attended a Nazarene church and signified the intention of attending a college or university in the fall of 2010. Nine very important or extremely important college choice factors were derived from the findings of this study. Differentiations were established with students choosing to attend a Nazarene college or university and those that chose not to do so. …
Telos: The Destination For Nazarene Higher Education, Gregg A. Chenoweth, Barbara M. Ragan
Telos: The Destination For Nazarene Higher Education, Gregg A. Chenoweth, Barbara M. Ragan
Books and Manuscripts – Academic Affairs Office
A collection of essays that attempts to articulate the common “center pole” around which Nazarene higher educators stand and the theological and pedagogical commitments that draw them together. An end product of the Pole Project, the volume is a values document for Nazarene educational institutions and was produced and reviewed by 51 faculty at 16 institutions from six countries. The title, Telos, comes from the Greek term used in the New Testament to address the perfect end, or destination, for which Christians are designed. We achieve this when we are perfectly aimed by God. Each contribution in the collection discusses …
Chicago Central District 2011 : 107th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
Chicago Central District 2011 : 107th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
District Assembly Journals
Proceedings and reports from the session held at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene (Lemont Campus), Lemont, Illinois, June 19-20, 2011. Dr. Eugenio R. Duarte, General Superintendent, and Dr. Brian Wilson, District Superintendent.
Articles Of Faith, Church Of The Nazarene
Articles Of Faith, Church Of The Nazarene
Official Statements
Preamble to the Articles of Faith:
In order that we may preserve our God-given heritage, the faith once delivered to the saints, especially the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification as a second work of grace, and also that we may cooperate effectually with other branches of the Church of Jesus Christ in advancing God’s kingdom, we, the ministers and lay members of the Church of the Nazarene, in accordance with the principles of constitutional legislation established among us, do hereby ordain, adopt, and set forth as the fundamental law or Constitution of the Church of the Nazarene the Articles …
Core Values Of The Church Of The Nazarene, Church Of The Nazarene
Core Values Of The Church Of The Nazarene, Church Of The Nazarene
Official Statements
1. We Are a Christian People -- 2. We Are a Holiness People -- 3. We Are a Missional People.
Clergy Retention In The Church Of The Nazarene, The Role Of The District Superintendent In Clergy Decision-Making Regarding Persistence In Active Vocational Ministry, Jeren L. Rowell
Ed.D. Dissertations
The researcher theorized that collecting and analyzing data on variables associated with clergy attrition, particularly the relationship between pastor and district superintendent, would lead toward suggesting strategies for clergy retention that could be applied in the denominational judicatories of the USA and Canada region of the Church of the Nazarene. This study provided a fresh look at the pastor-superintendent relationship. The research demonstrated that superintendents are not and likely will not be highly engaged with pastors in the actual decision-making process regarding persistence in active vocational ministry. However, the study also revealed a strong desire among pastors for the involvement …
Chicago Central District 2010 : 106th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
Chicago Central District 2010 : 106th Annual Assembly Journal, Church Of The Nazarene. Chicago Central District
District Assembly Journals
Proceedings and reports from the session held at Kankakee College Church of the Nazarene, Bourbonnais, Illinois, June 20-21, 2010. Dr. Eugenio R. Duarte, General Superintendent, and Dr. Brian E. Wilson, District Superintendent.
The Relationship Between Ministry Praxis And Spiritual Development Milestones In The Lives Of Children, Leon Marcel Blanchette Jr.
The Relationship Between Ministry Praxis And Spiritual Development Milestones In The Lives Of Children, Leon Marcel Blanchette Jr.
Faculty Scholarship – Christian Education
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the children‘s ministry praxis in Nazarene churches and four significant spiritual milestones in the lives of Nazarene children. A mixed method study was used to obtain statistical, quantitative results from the population and then followed up with two small groups to explore those results in more depth through personal interviews. This study compares four quadrants of children’s spirituality, the Pragmatic-Participatory Model, Media-Driven Active-Engagement Model, Instructional-Analytic Model, and the Contemplative-Reflective Model. A quadrant is one of four categories that best describes a children‘s pastor‘s ministry praxis. These quadrants are sometimes …
A Rebel In The Ranks: A Biography Of Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, Linda K. Alexander
A Rebel In The Ranks: A Biography Of Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, Linda K. Alexander
Wesleyan Holiness Books
This dissertation studied the life, the theology and the educational pedagogy of Dr. Mildred Bangs Wynkoop. Wynkoop changed the theological framework within the international denomination of the Church of the Nazarene. Wynkoop’s proactive interpretation of Wesleyan theology kept the Church of the Nazarene in the forefront of theological development within the Wesleyan Holiness movement during the twentieth century.
Wynkoop was born on September 9, 1905 in Seattle, Washington. During her college years at Pasadena College she met and married Ralph Wynkoop, a religion major who wanted to be a preacher. After co-pastoring with her husband Ralph for several years, Wynkoop …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 04, Neil B. Wiseman (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 04, Neil B. Wiseman (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Thanks, Brother, for Shaping Our Ministry, Neil B. Wiseman
FEATURE What People Remember About Your Ministry, Neil B. Wiseman
COLLECTION OF RANDAL E. DENNY WRITINGS Is Your Passport Ready?; The Most Neglected Ministry in the Church; We Preach Christ Crucified; At Your Service, Lord!; Pastoral Ministry: A Front Seat in Human Experience; Sunday School Is More Important than We Think; Theology of the Church—We Are Family; The Secret of Victorious Living; Just a Parish Priest; Precious Moments of Worship; What I Learned from Receiving Pastoral Care; To Be Used of God; What Is Success in Ministry?; Serendipities of Work …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Passport for Home, Wilbur W. Brannon
HOLINESS Definite Holiness Preaching, Morris Chalfant
HOLINESS CLASSICS Holiness Teaching—New Testament Times to Wesley, by Paul Merritt Bassett, J. Kenneth Grider
TODAY’S BOOKS FOR TODAY’S PREACHERS A Dangerous Hope, Derl G. Keefer
PREACHER’S EXCHANGE
CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month—Part Four, Keith Schwanz; A Tight Squeeze, Donna G. Kelley; How I Taught Children to Sing—When I Couldn’t Carry a Tune, Lois Hoadley Dick
FEATURES The Sticky Question of Denominational Loyalty, Richard S. Taylor; Go On to Maturity, William Tucker; Church of the Solid Rock, Joseph M. Stowell
CHURCH …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Beautiful Savior, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE A Scientist Takes Steps Along His Damascus Road, Karl Giberson; Memories, Movements, and Measurements of Grace, Bud Reedy; Small-talk Your Way to a Successful Career, Patricia L. Fry
GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS The Holy Spirit and the Church’s Master, Paul S. Rees
EVANGELISM Candles and Roses, Ernest McNaught
CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS Implications of the Incarnation, David Hoffman; Christmas Blesses Small, J. Grant Swank Jr.
CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month—Part Three, Keith Schwanz
PREACHING Attitude Check, Jim L. Wilson
PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Children with a Glass Life: A Review of the …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 74 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL An Unfaltering Faith, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE The Limits of Plagiarism, J.B. Chapman
HOLINESS CLASSICS I Want to Know Christ, Carl Leth
HOLINESS HERITAGE Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Heritage Day, Floyd T. Cunningham
PREACHING Preparing Your Attitude for Sunday, Craig Rench
BIBLICAL STUDIES The Biblical Gift of Tongues, B.D. Webb
WORSHIP Now Hear This, Jim I. Wilson; The Need to Feel Unstrung, Doug Barnett
CHURCH MUSIC Hymn Story of the Month, Part Two, Keith Schwanz
SERMON Is There Hope for the Hapless Wedding Guest?, C.S. Cowles
PICTURE WINDOWS FOR PREACHING, Compiled by Derl G. Keefer
WESLEYANA Within a …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Pastors and Parishioners Really Do Need Each Other, Randal E. Denny
GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS, Aaron M. Hills
SPECIAL FEATURE Life in the Family of God, Roger L. Hahn
SPECIAL Is This Epochal?, J. Kenneth Grider
PREACHING A Theology of Reminder, John A. Kitchen
EVANGELISM Interview with Tom Nees, Bryon McLaughlin
REVIVAL Keeping the Church Alive, Muriel Larson; True Stories, Mary Legner
PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH The Biblical Basis for Accountability Relationships, David E. Dryer; Pastor, Who Looks After You?, John I. Hoh Jr.; To Whom Does the Pastor Talk?, Ronald L. Phelps
TODAY’S BOOKS FOR TODAY’S …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
GREAT HOLINESS CLASSICS A New Crisis Ensues, E. Stanley Jones
FEATURE The Triumphant Defeat, John G. Merritt
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Is There a Place for Shepherds in This Era of Ranchers Complex?, Edmond P. Nash; Ministry Means a Cross, Jerry McCant; Willing Workers, Sue Murphy Mote; The Wacky World of Ministering to the Unchurched: The High Cost of Reaching People You Never Expected to See in Church, Karen Aaker; Ministry: By Gender or by Gift?, Jeannie Neufeld; To Forgive Is to Forget, Raquel Liz Cintron-Forrest
PREACHER’S EXCHANGE
PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED Where Do Pastors and Mates Go for Help?, C. Neil Strait …
Just Cause: How Nazarene Students Are Changing Their World, Frank M. Moore
Just Cause: How Nazarene Students Are Changing Their World, Frank M. Moore
Books and Manuscripts – Theology
The stories of people and projects in this book come from a program in the Church of the Nazarene called C.A.U.S.E. C.A.U.S.E. is an acronym for College and University students Serving and Enabling. It is a unique short-term program involving college students in ministry around the world. The program is coordinated through International Headquarters for the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City. They select one particular mission field each year and attempt to make an impact in an area of extreme need.
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 02, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL We Rocked the Ark, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE Living by Vows, J. Robertson McQuilkin
PASTOR’S PROFESSIONAL GROWTH The Mystery of Penned Ministries, Raymond C. Kratzer
CHURCH GROWTH Helping a Church Rise and Walk: The Minister as Therapist, Russel L. Jarvis
THEOLOGY Fundamentalism and the Church of the Nazarene, Edwin E. Crawford Jr.; A Wesleyan View of Scripture, H. Ray Dunning
PASTORAL CARE Spiritually Single: Ministering to the Unequally Yoked, Marcia Dummler Mitchell; Truth or Sad Consequences? A Game You Shouldn’t Play, Birney Dibble
PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Ministry in the Second Half, J. Grant Swank Jr.
BOOK REVIEW
PREACHING The …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 73 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Be Honest with One Another, Randal E. Denny
FEATURES Overcoming an Abusive Past, Norman Moore; A Gift of Life in the Face of Death, Rick L. Williamson; Saying Farewell to Your Church, Ponder Gilliland; Transition Summit at Glen Eryie, Wilbur Brannon
PREACHING Marks of Effective Preaching, Robert Premus
CHURCH HISTORY Forgotten Giant of the British Pulpit, Paul Murray
MISSIONS Renewal Through Social Outreach: Practical Guidelines, Jerry L. Appleby
EVANGELISM Evangelicals and the “Homosexual Problem,” J. Grant Swank Jr.
HOLINESS How I Know I Am Filled with the Holy Spirit, Victor Wellington Peters
PASTORAL COUNSELING When to Refer to a …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 04, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Offer Hospitality to One Another, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE Getting a Head Start on the Future, Robert H. Scott; The Glory of Ministry, Wilbur W. Brannon; Transformed Troublemaker, Muriel Larson
PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH Daddy, Why Don’t You Practice What You Preach?, Ralph L. Moulton; What Does Fasting Do?, Morris Chalfant; Tunnel of Love, Lynn Allen; In God Alone, Faith Warren; Made in Heaven, Grown on Earth, Sandy Sheppard
PREACHING No Hunting, G. R. “Scott” Cundiff; It’s Reporting Time Again, Douglas A. Rohl; Passing on the Word!, Mark W. Royall
THEOLOGY Why I Don’t Believe in Evolution, Thomas Lorimer; Baptism, …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 03, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Submit to One Another, Randal E. Denny
FEATURES Consulting Editors Walking on the Edge, Wilbur W Brannon; Earth Day, Kenneth T. Meredith
PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED God Is in Action, Through You, C. Neil Strait
THEOLOGY What Is the Biblical Response to Moral Misconduct in Holiness Churches?, Richard S. Taylor; Eternal Security, the True and the False, Ralph A. Mickel
CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS The Convincing Power of the Cross, Mark S. Cople; Discovering What Really Counts, J. Grant Swank Jr.
EVANGELISM A Whole New Paradigm for the Church’s Mission, Doug Samples
PREACHING What Is the Beating Heart of Your Worship Service?, …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 02, Randal E. Denny
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 02, Randal E. Denny
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Thanks to an Old Friend and Welcome to a New Feature, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE Judgment, She Wrote, Wesley D. Tracy; How Pastors Can Bring Unity, Robert Moeller
PREACHING Preach, Pastor!, Harold R. Crosser; Stump Preaching, Frank Eifert
CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS Caesar or Christ?, C. S. Cowles; The Word Became Flesh: A Christmas Reading, Peter A. Samuelson; Christmas Reminds Us Babies Are Important, Morris Chalfant; Senior Ornaments on Our Tree, J. Grant Swank Jr.
PASTOR, BE ENCOURAGED The Barren Times, C. Neil Strait
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Public Ministry, Private Pain, Bill O’Connor
THEOLOGY Preaching the Trinity, Roderick T. Leupp
PASTORAL CARE …
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine Volume 72 Number 01, Randal E. Denny (Editor)
Preacher's Magazine
EDITORIAL Forgive One Another, Randal E. Denny
FEATURE Revisionists Violate Christ’s Teaching and Arouse Political Ire, Lawrence A. Schulz; I’m Not a Racist, But . . . , Al Miles; When Your Children Divorce: The Church’s Response, Elaine Seppa
PASTORAL CARE Walking with the Wounded, Karen Lunsford; The Funeral—Obligation or Opportunity?, Douglas L. Janssen
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY Opening Prison Doors for Women in Ministry—Setting the Captives Free, Doug Samples; A Shepherd’s Hands, Joyce Williams
PASTOR’S PERSONAL GROWTH The Eighth Quarter of Ministry, Kenneth Vogt; 1 + 1 = Survival, Carl C. Green
THEOLOGY Salvation and Judgment: Two Sides of God’s Love, …