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The Church of the Nazarene is a conservative, evangelical, Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. It is headquartered in the United States of America with nearly 3 million members worldwide. Church governance, as well as statements of the church's beliefs, are found in a book called The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. This dictates: "The General Assembly shall meet every fourth year…”

The Church of the Nazarene also hosts other conventions and conferences that support the mission of the church and provide resources to pastors and laity across the globe. Each division under the Church could host a convention per their individual constitutions. Most notably is the convention for Nazarene Youth which began hosting a conference in 1958. Each geographical sub-region, or District, is required to host an annual assembly to report on the status of the church within those geographical boundaries.

The Manual also says: “The general superintendents and said commission shall also have power, in case of an emergency, to change the time and place of the meeting of the General Assembly." Which was the case for postponing the 2021 General Assembly to 2023 due to complications of travel visas, and vaccination requirements and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

General Assembly

The 2005 General Assembly and Conventions at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The General Assembly and Conventions of the Church of the Nazarene (General Assembly, or GA) is the premier convention of the Church of the Nazarene, as it is provided for the supreme legislative body of the Church of the Nazarene. Since 1985, the General Assembly has been held in the year following the United States presidential election. General Assemblies offer workshops, networking, seminars, and praise and worship services for all delegates and guests.

The General Assembly comprises elected and ex officio delegates from around the world. The General Assembly elects six general superintendents and a General Board, in whom authority is vested between General Assemblies.

The general superintendents are assigned jurisdictional authority over the districts, regions and other institutions of the Church of the Nazarene, and are given authority to ordain qualified women and men into the ministry. (Article 304.5)"

The Church of the Nazarene announced in February 2007 that instead of a global convention to celebrate the centennial, each local church will participate in a global telecast on Sunday October 5, 2008. [1]

Year Dates Location Venue Host District
1907 10 October Chicago, Illinois Chicago First Church Chicago Central [2]
1908 5–13 October Pilot Point, Texas Pilot Point First Church Dallas [3]
1911 October Nashville, Tennessee Pentecostal Mission & Ryman Auditorium East Tennessee
1915 30 September - 11 October Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City First Church [4] Kansas City [5]
1919 October Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City [6]
1923 20 September - 2 October Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City
1928 14–25 June Columbus, Ohio Memorial Hall Central Ohio
1932 12–24 June Wichita, Kansas The Forum Kansas
1936 21–29 June Kansas City, Missouri Ararat Shrine Temple Kansas City
1940 16–24 June Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Municipal Auditorium Northwest Oklahoma
1944 18–23 June Minneapolis, Minnesota Municipal Auditorium Minnesota
1948 20–27 June St. Louis, Missouri Kiel Auditorium Missouri
1952 22–27 June Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City
1956 14–22 June Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City
1960 19–24 June Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City
1964 21–27 June Portland, Oregon unknown Oregon Pacific
1968 16–21 June Kansas City, Missouri unknown Kansas City
1972 18–23 June Miami Beach, Florida unknown Southern Florida
1976 20–25 June Dallas, Texas Dallas Convention Center Dallas
1980 22–27 June Kansas City, Missouri Bartle Hall Kansas City
1985 23–28 June Anaheim, California Anaheim Stadium Anaheim
1989 25–30 June Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome Indianapolis
1993 25–30 July Indianapolis, Indiana Hoosier Dome Indianapolis
1997 22–27 June San Antonio, Texas Alamodome South Texas
2001 24–28 June Indianapolis, Indiana RCA Dome Indianapolis
2005 18–28 June Indianapolis, Indiana RCA Dome Indianapolis
2009 24 June - 3 July Orlando, Florida [7] Orange County Convention Center Central Florida
2013 19–27 June Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis
2017 21–30 June Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis
2021 cancelled Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis
2023 9-16 June Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis

Missions Conference

In the mid-quadrennial year, the USA/Canada region of the Church of the Nazarene hosts a conference which focuses on missions and evangelism for the United States and Canada Region. Commonly referred to as M and the numeral of the year it takes place in. (i.e. 2011 was called M11). The most recent Missions Conference held was in Kansas City, Missouri. [8]

Year Dates Location Arena Host District Name
1999 - Kansas City, Missouri Bartle Hall Kansas City Millennium Celebration
2003 - Nashville, Tennessee Opryland Hotel East Tennessee M3
2007 February 19–21 Kansas City, Missouri Bartle Hall Kansas City M7
2011 February 21–23 Louisville, Kentucky Kentucky International Convention Center Kentucky M11
2015 February 9–11 Kansas City, Missouri Bartle Hall Kansas City M15
2019 February 11–13 Kansas City, Missouri Bartle Hall Kansas City M19

Nazarene Youth International

The first NYI was known as the Nazarene Young Peoples Society. It was instituted in 1923. And is represented by those members of the Church of the Nazarene who are 13–25. In 2006, Nazarene Youth International (NYI) had 381,343 members. 181 Youth In Mission [9] participates from 5 regional areas, and 2,320 Youthserve NYI Youthserve Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine students served around the world for the Church of the Nazarene. [10] The 22nd Convention of NYI held in Orlando, Florida was first truly global convention, featuring delegates in 7 other cities. These cities were Quito, Ecuador, Johannesburg, South Africa, Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Manila, Philippines, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mumbai, India. [11]

Nazarene Youth Conference

In 1958 the first Nazarene Youth Conference or NYC was held in Estes Park, Colorado. Originally called the "International Institute," it was the brain child of the Nazarene Young Peoples Society (now Nazarene Youth International or NYI). NYC is an event that has focused on bringing together the Nazarene youths of the world for a time of praise and worship, Bible Quizzing, seminars, workshops, inspiring messages, and challenges to change their communities and the world through the power of the Gospel. Held in the off non-Olympiad to the General Assembly, NYC is the highlight for high-school aged teens every four years. Selection of the NYC Host City is done by the NYI Council. NYC has been hosted in four different countries (Germany, Mexico, Canada and the United States), making it the first Nazarene convention to be held outside the United States. Starting in 2003, Houston, NYC was designated “NYC USA/Canada” as other NYCs were being held in each of the seven world regions of the Nazarene Church. NYI USA/CANADA is also creating "mini-NYCs", similar to a spiritual retreat in nature, for the USA/Canada Region called FUEL. These events take place at various locations across the region. In 2008, FUEL was held in Los Angeles, CA; Orlando, FL, Nampa, ID, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Previous names (first used):

  • NYPS: International Institute (1958)
  • World Youth Congress (1983)
  • Nazarene Youth Convention (1989)
  • Nazarene Youth Congress (1987, 1991)
  • Nazarene Youth Conference (2003)
Year Dates Location Arena Host District Theme
1958 July 16–21 Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park Campground Colorado Unknown
1962 July 3–9 Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park Campground Colorado Unknown
1966 unknown Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park Campground Colorado Unknown
1970 July 14–20 Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park Campground Colorado Let the Whole World Know
1974 July 18–23, 25-30 Fiesch, Switzerland Fiesch-Eggishorn Valais Northern Europe Jesus is Lord
1978 unknown Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park Campground Colorado Unknown
1983 unknown Oaxtepec, Mexico Unknown Mexico and Central America Region That The World May Know
1987 July 7–14 Washington D.C. University of Maryland Mid-Atlantic Share His Spirit
1991 July 23–28 Orlando, Florida Orlando Convention Center Central Florida Dare To Run
1995 July 25–30 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center Arizona It's Gonna Be Hot
1999 July 20–25 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Air Canada Centre/ Sky Dome Canada Central Are You Ready?
2003 July 22–27 Houston, Texas Reliant Center South Texas Discipleship the Journey
2007 July 10–15 St. Louis, Missouri Edward Jones Dome/ America's Center Missouri Water Fire Wind
2011 July 5–10 Louisville, Kentucky KFC Yum! Center Kentucky A World Unbroken
2015 July 8–12 Louisville, Kentucky KFC Yum! Center Kentucky Thy Kingdom Come [12]
2019 July 10–14 Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena Arizona Love God, Love Others, Love Lived
2023 July 5–9 Tampa, Florida Amalie Arena/ Tampa Convention Center Southern Florida Overflow

Third Wave

In addition to NYC, the Global NYI hosts an emerging leadership conference known as the Third Wave Conference.

Year Dates Location Host Region
2004 Jan Quito, Ecuador South America Region
2007 Jan Johannesburg, South Africa Africa Region
2012 Jan Bangkok, Thailand Asia-Pacific Region
2015 Jan San José, Costa Rica Mesoamerica Region
2019 Jan Hyderabad, India Eurasia Region

References

  1. ^ "Nazarene Communications Network". Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
  2. ^ This is the First General Assembly of the P-CotN (Now CotN); 47 churches belonged to the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
  3. ^ This was the 13th for the Church of the Nazarene (Bresee), and Pentecostal Churches of America, 4th for the Holiness Church of Christ, and 2nd for the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene (National) In 1919 P-CotN will change to just CotN
  4. ^ Kansas City First Church at the corner of 24th Street and Troost Avenue.
  5. ^ This is officially the 4th General Assembly.
  6. ^ The term "Church of the Nazarene" is officially adopted.
  7. ^ Construction of the Lucas Oil Stadium created the need for the GA Commission to move the location of the 27th General Assembly from Indianapolis to Orlando Florida
  8. ^ "M19 // The Gospel Unleashed". Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  9. ^ "YIM". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  10. ^ Fast Facts Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Fast Facts
  11. ^ "Global participation at the 22nd NYI Convention". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  12. ^ http://nyc2015.com Archived 2018-06-09 at the Wayback Machine [ bare URL]

External links

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