拿撒勒人會

拿撒勒人會（），或稱宣聖會，是基督教福音派下的一個派系，出現於北美19世紀的聖潔運動中，其成員常被稱為拿撒勒派（Nazarenes，拿撒勒人）。它是世界上最大的循道宗-聖潔教派。"Pentecostalism", in Encyclopedia of Religion and Society, eds. William H. Swatos and Peter Kivisto (Rowman Altamira, 1998):358.2014年9月末，該會在世界各地記有2,295,106會眾、29,395座教堂。"The Church of the Nazarene uses "world area" to describe countries and areas that are a part of a country, but may be known by a different name. More than 20 of the denomination's 159 world areas fall into this category, such as Guam, a U.S. territory on the Asia-Pacific Region." See Nazarene Research Services releases stats on 30-year world area growth , NCN News (January 10, 2014).

美國的拿撒勒人會信徒最多，計有631,454人，"Church of the Nazarene Growth, 2004-2014 Annual Statistics from the General Secretary's Reports"  其次是莫桑比克（157,119）、巴西（111,694）、印度（107,175）、孟加拉國（79,550）、Gina Grate Pottenger, "Bangladesh: It Started with a Letter" , Engage 12 (April 21, 2010)危地馬拉（78,212）"GMC Flags of the Nations: Guatemala" , NCN Global News Summary (September 17, 2013)和海地（64,071）。而人均教徒數最多的國家是佛得角。

該會的宗旨依大使命將基督教傳播到世界各地，About the Church's Mission . After a unanimous decision of the Board of General Superintendents in December 2006 to express the Church's mission more concisely.自2001開始將自己的核心價值定義為：「Christian」（我們是基督徒）、「Holiness」（聖潔）、「Missional」（使命）。

該教會在35個國家、6個大陸運營者53個本科及研究生教育機構，"International Board of Education releases global statistics" , NCN News (February 13, 2014)."Highlights of the 87th Session of the General Board", Holiness Today (May/June 2010):26.Eugénio R. Duarte, "ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS TO THE 88TH GENERAL BOARD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE February 2011" , NCN News (February 27, 2011)2013年拿撒勒人會學院和大學入學人數達50,390人。該會的總部位於美國密蘇里州的堪薩斯城。

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外部連結

 Official website of the Church of the Nazarene 
 Church of the Nazarene: –  Association of Religion Data Archives 

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