The Church of the Nazarene

Denomination·Founded 1908 CE·est. 2,724,006 members in 30,747 congregations across 165 world areas, from the denomination's own reporting. Growth is almost entirely outside the United States and Canada — the Africa and Asia-Pacific regions have expanded while the American membership has been flat or declining for two decades.

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Church of the Nazarene

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Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Church of the Nazarene Discussion

How to Live

the ethic — what it asks of a life
The Covenant of Christian Conduct — and the arguments about it. The Manual sets out what members undertake: total abstinence from alcohol, no gambling, no membership of oath-bound secret societies, care about entertainment. Earlier editions legislated on dress, jewellery, cinema and dancing, and the loosening of those clauses has been fought at General Assembly after General Assembly. Go deeper — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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