Nazarene Roots

Resources

Articles:

• Christianizing Christianity by Harold Raser
• Those Early Nazarenes by Fred Parker
• What Kind of Church? by C.E. Jones

Bibliographies:

• A Selected Bibliography for the Study of the Wesleyan-Holiness Movement
• Nazarene Women & Religion

Books:

• A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley
• John Wesley: Christian Revolutionary by Mildred Bangs Wynkoop
• Mr. Wesley by T.C. Mitchell
• Nazarene and the Wesleyan Vision by Timothy L. Smith

Curriculum:

• A curriculum for pastors on Nazarene Roots

Other:

• Birth of a Church
  See the merging bodies that helped create the Church of the Nazarene
• Nazarene History Outlines
  A description of the major periods in Nazarene history.
• Family Tree of Religious Groups
  See where Nazarenes fit in the historical landscape
• Practicing Holiness in the Great Tradition, Bassett
• The Pastoral Office, Bresee and Bangs
• The Sunday Night Service.Where Did It Come From, Raser
• Wesley's Revision of the Shorter Catechism, McGonigle
• A Heritage is for Owning, Tracy
• A Profile of John Wesley, Findlay
• Adam Clarke Holiness Saint and Scholar, McGonigle
• Full Salvation and the Liturgy of the Early Church, Bassett

Audio

Voices from the Past

Listen or download these audio presentations that were originally developed by Neil B. Wiseman for the Minister's Tape Club.

• L.B. Hicks (1913-1975)
  There Must Be a Heaven Somewhere
• Timothy L. Smith (1924-1997)
  Mama and Social Reform
• Paul Rees (1900-1991)
  My Recollection Of The Early Nazarenes
• J.B. Chapman (1884-1947)
  The Divine Response
• G.B. Williamson (1898-1981)
  Be Ye Holy
• T. Crichton Mitchell (1916-1996)
  The People Of The Spring Sing
• Hugh Benner (1899-1975)
  Pattern For Survival
• Estelle Crutcher (1898-1995)
  Pursue Holiness
• Roy T. Williams (1883-1946)
  What Manner Of Persons Ought We To Be?
• Emma Irrick (1883-1984)
  The Spirit Of The Early Nazarenes
• D.I. Vanderpool (1891-1988)
  The Holy Spirit – Heaven’s Ambassador

Photos

• James Blaine Chapman
  General Superintendent
• E.P. Ellyson
  General Superintendent and Sunday School leader
• Susan Fitkin
  Missionary Society president
• William Howard Hoople
  Early Leader
• Glory Barn
  Bresee's church in Los Angeles
• C.B. Jernigan
  Early Leader
• Robert Lee Harris
  Early Leader
• Fred Hillary
  Early Leader
• J.O. McClurkan
  Early Leader
• Hiram F. Reynolds
• Bud Robinson
  Noted Evangelist
• J.P. Widney
  Co-Founder
• R.T. Williams
  General Superintendent