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13 unusual facts about Church of the Nazarene


16 Horsepower

Edwards' grandfather was a Nazarene preacher and young Edwards often went along as his elder preached the gospel to various peoples.

Banatsko Novo Selo

In addition to the Orthodox churches there are also Seventh-day Adventist, Nazarene and Baptist churches.

C. W. Ruth

W. Ruth was one of the ten founding fathers of the Church of the Nazarene.

Desertmartin

Church of the Nazarene (a branch of the denomination of the same name based on Wesleyan tradition).

H.V. Van Dusen

Van Dusen died in January 1903, and funeral services were held in the Church of the Nazarene on South Los Angeles Street with the Rev. P.F. Bresee officiating and East Side Lodge 35 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in charge of the ceremony.

Harmon Schmelzenbach

As a Career Assignment Missionary to the Church of the Nazarene, Schmelzenbach continued the family missionary work that started with his grandfather Harmon F. Schmelzenbach.

John C. Bowling

He is a member of the USA/Canada Council of Education and the International Board of Education for the Church of the Nazarene.

Prior to accepting his current position in August 1991, Dr. Bowling served for eight years as the senior pastor of the College Church of the Nazarene in Bourbonnais, Illinois.

In 2005, Bowling declined election as a general superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene, saying that his mission at Olivet Nazarene University was not complete.

Michael Lodahl

Michael Lodahl is a theologian in the Church of the Nazarene.

Milele

Some of these include Lake Avenue Church, Faith Community Church, Mariners Church, Bel'Air Presbyterian Church, La Canada Presbyterian Church, Cottonwood Christian Center, First Church of the Nazarene, Pasadena, Azusa Pacific University, Claremont School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, and Biola University.

The Lambs

When the club relocated to its current nine-story quarters at 3 West 51st Street adjacent to Rockefeller Center, it sold its own quarters to the Church of the Nazarene which intended to use the old building as a mission in Time Square.

W. T. Purkiser

T. Purkiser (1910–1992) was a preacher, scholar, and author in the Church of the Nazarene.


John W. Goodwin

After moving to California in 1905, he joined the Church of the Nazarene and assisted Phineas F. Bresee in the founding of Pacific Bible College.