PAS-2023 – HISTORY AND POLITY OF THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

            A study of the history of the Church of the Nazarene with special attention given to its organization, heritage, and distinctive mission.

COURSE OBJECTIVES :

            The following are competencies for Ordination Course of Study which are achieved by this course:

            1. Ability to list and explain the Nazarene Articles of Faith. (CN-18)

            2. Ability to identify the formative influences of the American Holiness Movement and the

                        Church of the Nazarene. (CN-27)

            3. Ability to identify and explain the significance of the major figures and events in the Church of

                        The Nazarene. (CN-28)

            4. Ability to identify the directives of the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene that pertain to

                        The organization and ministry of the local church and to the responsibilities of the pastor

                        at local and district levels. (CN-29)

            5. Ability to place the ministry context in light of the large schemes of world and national history.

                        (CX-8)

COURSE PROFESSOR [req.]

Dr. Ray Doane

COURSE TEXTBOOKS

REQUIRED

            1. Fairbanks, E. LeBron, ed. Manual, Church of the Nazarene, 2001-2005. Nazarene Publishing

                        House,2001. ISBN: 0834119439.

            2. Smith, Timothy L., Called Unto Holiness, Volume 1, Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing

                        House, 1962. ISBN: 083410282X.

            3. Purkiser, W. T., Called Unto Holiness, Volume 2, Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House,

                        1983. ISBN: 0834108682

RECOMMENDED

1. Bangs, Carl, Phineas F. Bresee: His Life in Methodism, the Holiness Movement, and the Church of the

Nazarene. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1995.

2. Chapman, J. B., “All Out for Souls: An Address Delivered to the District Superintendents’ Conference

at Kansas City, Missouri,” January 9, 1946.

3. Corlett, Shelby, “Nazarenes and the Fundamentalists,” Herald of Holiness, April 20, 1935.

4. Core Values Booklet (Church of the Nazarene). Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House, 2001.

5. Girvin, E. A., Phineas F. Bresee: A Prince in Israel. Kansas City, MO: Nazarene Publishing House,

1916.

6. Goodwin, J. W., “The Nazarene Objective,” Herald of Holiness, July 5, 1933.

7. Ingersol, Stan, “They Shared a Dream,” (in section of Denominational Identity, Wesley’s Horse, Spring,

2002, www.wesleyshorse.org.

8. Laird, Rebecca. Ordained Women in the Church of the Nazarene. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing

House, 1993.

9. Metcalf, Janine T., Ablaze with Love: The Living Legacy of Our Nazarene Foremothers. A Video

Documentary. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2001 (NPH Product VA-2400).

10. Nees, Thomas G., The Changing Face of the Church: From American to Global. Kansas City,MO:

Beacon Hill Press, 1997.

11. Redford, M. E. and Van Note, Gene, The Rise of the Church of the Nazarene. Kansas City, MO:

Nazarene Publishing House, 1985.

12. Smith, Timothy L., Nazarenes and the Wesleyan Mission: Can We Learn from Our History? Kansas

City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, (First Printing, 1979; Reprinted, 2003).

13. Revivalism and Social Reform: American Protestantism on the Eve of the Civil War.

Gloucester, Mass: Peter Smith publisher, 1976.

14. Stanley, Susie C., Holy Boldness: Women Preachers' Autobiographies and the Sanctified Self.

Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2002.

15. Tracy, Wes., Ingersol, Stan Here We Stand: Where Nazarenes Fit in the Religious Marketplace. Kansas

City, MO: Nazarene Publishing, 1999.

16. Wesley, John, "Christian Perfection" (Sermon 40); "Repentance in Believers" (Sermon 14); "Scripture

Way of Salvation" (Sermon 43); Available in full text on the Wesley Center website at Northwest

Nazarene University. http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons/alpha.htm.

17. Widmeyer, C. B., "The Nazarene Church and Its Mission," Herald of Holiness, September 7, 1921.

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