At the 2013 General Assembly, the Board of General Superintendents unveiled seven characteristics for the Church of the Nazarene: Since 2001, the three "core values" of the Church have been identified as "Christian, Holiness, Missional". The denominational vision is: "to be a disciple-making church, an international community of faith, in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition." Core values In 2009 the General Assembly indicated in its revision of Article XI of the Manual the means for accomplishing its mission: "making disciples through evangelism, education, showing compassion, working for justice, and bearing witness to the kingdom of God." The mission of the Church of the Nazarene is to make Christlike disciples in the nations. This frames the global mission of the denomination. In December 2006, this was expressed more precisely as "to make Christlike disciples in the nations". The global mission of the Church of the Nazarene since its beginnings has been "to respond to the Great Commission of Christ to 'go and make disciples of all nations' ( Matthew 28:19)". With its members commonly referred to as Nazarenes, it is the largest denomination in the world aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and is a member of the World Methodist Council. It is headquartered in Lenexa within Johnson County, Kansas. The Church of the Nazarene is a Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. St.Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas United StatesĬhurch of the Nazarene (1895), Association of Pentecostal Churches of America (1897), and Holiness Church of Christ (1904) Naperville Korean First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)įirst Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn (UCC) Liberian Christian distance, email for information (no website)įirst Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn (PCUSA)įirst Presbyterian Church of Wheaton (PCUSA) Transportation available, walking distance The Way of Messiah Messianic CongregationĪn Affiliate and Outreach of Deborah's Messianic Ministries Nazarene Grace Lutheran Church of Glen Ellyn (ELCA) Services in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese Christian ReformedĬhrist Our Savior Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)įamily in Faith Christian Church (Missouri Synod) Second Baptist Church of Wheaton (Independent) Transportation available, service in Spanish African Methodist EpiscopalĪnglican Church of the Great Shepherd (ACNA) If you are interested in transportation or connecting with a local church, please reach out to them directly. This is simply a sampling of some local churches to help students get started in finding a church home. Please be advised that this is not a comprehensive listing of every church in the area, nor is this to be considered a Wheaton College list of approved churches. The churches in this directory are organized first by denomination and then alphabetically. This directory is provided by the Chaplain’s Office to assist students with information about churches near the Wheaton area.
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