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We Believe
- Like all Christians, members of the Church of the Nazarene believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God, the Lord and Savior of the World.
We believe…that Jesus died on the cross, and was raised to gloriously new life by God the Father, in order to blaze a trail of salvation for all human beings, for we all have wandered far from the God who loves us.
We believe…that the Bible bears testimony to this great salvation that God offers to us through his Son, Jesus Christ. We, therefore, take the Bible as our sole and sufficient standard for faith (what we are to believe) and practice (how we are to live).
We believe…in the Holy Spirit as God’s intimate and active presence in our lives, empowering us to live the kind of life for which God has created us.
We believe…in the necessity of the Church in a Christian believer’s life. Every believer in Christ is called by God to become integrated with a local body of believers in which to worship God, grow in grace, learn more of the Christian faith, and practice love and kindness to others.
We believe…that God calls all Christian believers to a life of holiness, which we understand most fundamentally to be a life filled with love for God and neighbor.<
We believe…that this kind of life, characterized by love for God and all people, is possible today because of the transforming power of God’s love in our hearts and lives.
We believe…that God invites you to join us in this grace-filled journey toward ever-greater and ever-deeper love for God and all people!