Find a Resource

We live in an increasingly multicultural situation, both in North America and in many countries around the world. It is redefining our constituency as a church. It is leveling the missionary force...

Three components of the contextualization process are the focus of consideration here: the message, the messenger, and the cultural context of each which must somehow be bridged. These three...

The rapid changes of our time especially in technology has impacted how missionary work is done. All indications are that this will continue. Will the roles of missionaries also change? Let us...

Examination and reformation require an understanding of the core and the periphery. The great commission, the mission of the church is the core. It does not change. It is not designed to change. It is...

This paper will propose a model, which might be used in the Nazarene context to maximize potential, minimize obstacles, and accelerate impact and results. I fully realize that the model has elements...

How does the Church of the Nazarene operate in such a place as West Africa? How does the Church avoid doing too much and create dependencies without doing too little and missing opportunities to...

On February 15, 2007, the Board of General Superintendents released a statement of mission for the Church of the Nazarene: “To make Christlike disciples in the nations.” Why this statement and why now...

In late 1895 one of the first churches of what was to become the Church of the Nazarene grew under the leadership of Rev. Phineas F. Bresee. What made the church distinct from most other evangelical...

Introduction to the journal issue from the current editor of Didache

In Wesleyan evangelical circles we have so focused on individual experiences and quantifiable “works of grace” that we have lost sight of the communal reality of our faith; Christianity has been...

This paper focuses on the relationship between John Wesley’s theology and educational perspective with the theology and educational perspective of Nazarene pastors, Christian educators (Associate...

Originally presented at the March 2005 Wesleyan Theological Society annual meeting titled “ The Body of God as a Model for an Embodied Theology and Practice.”

As we contemplate the question, what is an evangelical? We need to realize that we would like to refer to instead of individual evangelicals to the evangelical church in its corporate dimension. We...

Let me suggest three areas where Fundamentalist paradigms (among several that I could posit) threaten to derail or erode our ministry to the city. These are: 1. Variant histories and allegiances in...

The disunity that had framed the earlier narratives of the people of God had been resolved with an agreement to become one again: God is, for this moment, at peace with His people of faith. From this...