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Taken from The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene, 2017-2021 The Church of the Nazarene's Articles of Faith are the official doctrinal statements of the denomination. These sixteen articles cover a...
The 2009 General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene referred three proposals to the Scripture Study Committee. These proposals were to amend Article IV of the Nazarene Articles of Faith in order...
In response to Christ’s Great Commission, missionary organizations were established by various groups and denominations. Nazarene Missions International (NMI) traces its origin primarily to the...
The work of the Church of the Nazarene began officially in the United States in 1887, though the formal organization of the denomination occurred in 1908 with the merger of several like-minded...
The work of the Church of the Nazarene in Armenia was established officially in 2002. Armenia is a landlocked, highland nation bordering Turkey, and surrounding the Biblical mountains of Ararat...
Argentina is one of the once United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, which in 1816 declared their independence from Spain. Originally, these provinces included Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and...
Following the end of World War II, in the late 1940s, the Church of the Nazarene was experiencing a need for more mission funding. At a meeting of the Global NMI Council, Elizabeth Vennum was asked to...
Formerly known as Swaziland, Eswatini, a small, rural, and landlocked country, shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique. Swaziland’s autonomy was guaranteed by the British in the late 19th...
Compassion has been part of the Church of the Nazarene’s story since the beginning. From early relief efforts in India to building hospitals and schools, Nazarenes have always responded to the needs...
Parts of India are considered some of the world’s oldest civilizations (third and second millennia B.C.). From the 1800s, India was part of Great Britain, which influenced some of its culture; however...
Guatemala is known as the place of origin for the Mayan civilization, which flourished there for the first millennium A. D. In 1821, it won its independence from Spain following three centuries of...
NMI is the global missions advocate in every local church, nurturing a spirit of missions, and mobilizing into action, impacting people around the world. Flowing out of Nazarene Missions International...
Since the early to mid-1980s, in an effort to establish more cohesive Regions within the global Church of the Nazarene, each of the six Regions has organized a Regional Conference, held on the Region...
Venezuela gained independence from Spain on 5 July 1811. In 1830, what had been known as the Gran Colombia collapsed, and Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador emerged as independent countries. Throughout...
The Dutch United Provinces declared their independence from Spain in 1579. Throughout the 17th century, the Dutch became a leading seafaring commercial power, establishing colonies around the world...
There are several historical documents that help to trace the beginnings and developments in the story of NMI, but one that helps to clarify NMI’s purpose(s) from the beginning, states very simply...
The Benelux countries are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name “Benelux” is a joining of the first two letters of each country’s name. While there are traces of mutually beneficial...
Nazarene Missions International will be celebrating its 110th Anniversary later this year. At the fourth General Assembly of the Church of the Nazarene in 1915, the Women’s Missionary Society was...