Church of the Nazarene

servant church seem to be most helpful in understanding Woodview. Service is important within the congregation and the church helps serve several individuals and families that have become part of our church. Dudley and Johnson write, "The Servant church's acceptance of a variety of people also rises from a deep-seated individualism." While Woodview has a lot of unique people, it defies the characteristic of Dudley and Johnson of the congregation being of similar backgrounds as servant church .…

I’m not sure if it my background or my lack of previous theological study, but this was a very unique presentation for me to view. McKnight talked about Luther and Calvin helping to slightly re-shape the tradition of church. I grew up in an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Kankakee. Growing up I had no idea what that meant. I knew that we were Methodist, but I didn’t know what that consisted of. I knew that a personal relationship with God was essential as a Christian, but I had…

Individual Project 1 Developmental Observation Kailee Sanchez Southern Nazarene University  Individual Project 1 Developmental Observation Children develop in both aspects of social and personality through interaction of social pressure, biological maturation, and the child’s perception of the social world and self. Childhood development is crucial and involves many interactions. These interactions include the influence of significant relationships, the development of social understanding, the…

a the moment she is also attending the University of Maui Hawaii and will be getting her masters degree. The first college Dodi had gone to was a college name Olivet Nazarene University. She attended Olivet University as a freshman and the reason she went there was because her boyfriend and people from the church she went to was going to Olivet University because Olivet is a religious school and also the scholarship she had was payed for.The two other colleges she had gone to later on…

5:22-24 is fundamentally about wives being in submission to their husbands so as to replicate the church being in submission to Christ. For example, verse 24 states, “Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” To the contrary, some may interpret this passage as demeaning to women, causing them to be inferior to men; however, the comparison of the church being in submission to Christ leads me to believe that women are not inferior to men,…

together. Steven Proffitt, founder of The Potter’s House along with his wife Berna Proffitt, is a counselor/relationship consultant at The Relationship Center in Springfield. He also works at the Pregnancy Care Center. Proffitt attended Mid America Nazarene University where he acquired his M.A. in counseling psychology. It was not until Proffitt met his wife Berna that they began their work in ministry. The Potter’s House was originally going to serve as a campus ministry at Missouri State…

The following is the systematic mission education plan for Lansing Woodview Church of the Nazarene. The systematic mission education plan will utilize existing discipleship structures, as well as, point congregants toward future missional practices formed around the missional sermon series. The initial education plan will be five weeks with ongoing practices to continue to shape the congregation’s practice and understanding of missional ministry. The education plan will be shaped around the…

The topic of sin is difficult for me; I am a sinner by all definitions. However, I am not any different than anyone else, we are all sinners. I do believe that people can be forgiven for their sins and I do believe some sin are more serious than others, but everyone sins. I have a few quotes that I use when discussing sin, the first from the bible and the second one, I read a few years ago. ““So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin…

served as pastor of Napoleon Nazarene Church for nearly twenty five years, and now serves as District Superdentant of Eastern Ohio District Church of the Nazaarene, was recently interviewed regarding his leadership experiences. When Lutz was asked about his style of leadership and how it has developed over his career, he expressed many factors have effecting his leadership. In his youth, leadership was difficult and sometimes painful for Lutz. He pastored his first church freshly out of seminar…

Jesus is the Son of God and our redeemer I will be touching on the most important doctrine in the Book of Mormon that Jesus Christ is the Savoir of mankind and is my own personal Savior. The whole goal of the book is bringing all unto Christ. The Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ and confirms the truths found in the Holy Bible. In its more than 6,000 verses, the Book of Mormon refers to Jesus Christ 4,000 times. It is clearly stated in it that it this was written to teach of and…