Holiness movement
Set of beliefs and practices which emerged from 19th-century Methodism
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| 2025 | The Church of the Nazarene ended its membership in the World Methodist Council. |
| July 25 2024 | Eastern Nazarene College (ENC) announced the beginning of its closure process. |
| 2023 | General Assembly postponed from earlier date and held in 2023, where delegates elected Christian Sarmiento as the 45th General Superintendent and the fifth non-US resident in this role. |
| 2022 | Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) was rebranded as Nazarene Discipleship International (NDI) to better align with the denominational focus on Nazarene Discipleship as a Journey of Grace. |
| 2020 | During the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Church of the Nazarene worked to provide medical assistance to its world areas. |
| 2020 | Around 75% of Nazarene members now live outside the USA. |
| 2017 | The Church of the Nazarene significantly revised Article XIII on The Lord's Supper in their Manual, updating the guidelines for this sacrament. |
| 2017 | Church elected two people of color and Carla Sunberg (a woman) to fill vacancies in the Board of General Superintendents, demonstrating increased diversity in leadership. |
| 2016 | The church received an annual income of US$860,949,037, which was a decrease of US$941,336 from 2015 and a 3.79% decadal decrease from 2006. |
| 2016 | Global Discipleship attendance reached 1,245,818, showing a decadal growth rate of 55%. Total global responsibility lists increased to 1,845,786. |
| 2016 | The combined global enrollment of Nazarene educational institutions reached 51,555 students, with 31,000 in on-campus programs and 19,000 in extension programs. |
| 2012 | Gold Creek Community Church in Washington became non-denominational. |
| 2010 | The Church of the Nazarene crossed 2,000,000 members worldwide. |
| 2010 | Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) reported a global Sunday School weekly attendance of 703,344 and Global Discipleship Group attendance of 191,912, totaling 895,256 attendees. |
| 2010 | The Church of the Nazarene contributed US$23,904,271 to Nazarene educational institutions globally. |
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