About us
Many people when they hear of our church ask, "What type of church are you"? Well, let me start at the beginning. The church of Jesus Christ has been around for centuries, and the Church of the Nazarene is a part of the worldwide church of Christ .
It has been said: "Socrates was considered wise, not because he knew all the right answers but because he knew how to ask the right question." Maybe your question is: What is the purpose of your church?
Our mission is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, as He is the hope for all mankind. Also when we look at the ministry of Christ, Jesus was concerned about all the needs of humanity. We at the church of the Nazarene here in Cramlington, in the British Isles and around the world seek to continue to minister to the needs to those around us. Bring hope to the hurting, and reach out to those in need. Part of our vision is to build a ministry centre where we will be able to show our community that God loves and cares for them, through practical ways, regardless of their circumstances.
This is why we run five toddler sessions each week, a weekly kid's club and youth group. We want our church to be a safe place were everyone will feel loved and accepted. We have a saying in the Church of the Nazarene: "You are only a visitor once, after that you are a part of the family."
Why do we do this? For the glory of God. When people's lives are touched and transformed God receives the glory. "Welcome to the Church of the Nazarene our church can be your home."
The three core vlaues of the Church of the Nazarene are:
We Are a Christian People
As members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
We Are a Holiness People
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit"-cleansing us from all sin, renewing us in the image of God, empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves, and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
We Are a Missional People
We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His kingdom (Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a) begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c) encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.
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