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.
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.
Meeting in Chicago for their First General Assembly, the two groups formalized their merger, adopting the name Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene and electing two general superintendents (bishops)—one from the western group and one from the eastern body.
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