拿撒勒人會
(重定向自宣聖會)
拿撒勒人會 Church of the Nazarene | |
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宗派 | 新教 |
主義 | 福音派 |
教體 | 混合會眾制、長老制和主教制 |
組織 | Christian Holiness Partnership; 全國福音派協會 世界卫理宗协会 全球衛理宗聯盟 |
區域 | 全球 |
起源 | 1908年10月13日 美國德克薩斯州派勒特波因特 |
合併 | 15個聖潔運動中的教派于1907–1988年間合併 |
分離 | 朝聖聖潔會(1917) 聖經傳教會(1955) 拿撒勒人聖潔會(Holiness Church of the Nazarene,1958) Church of the Bible Covenant(1967) |
教堂 | 29,395(2014) |
信徒 | 2,295,106(2014) |
拿撒勒人會(英語:Church of the Nazarene),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。[1][2] 2014年9月末,該會在世界各地記有2,295,106會眾、29,395座教堂。[3][4]
美國的拿撒勒人會信徒最多,計有631,454人,[5] 其次是莫桑比克(157,119)、巴西(111,694)、印度(107,175)、孟加拉國(79,550)、[6] 危地馬拉(78,212)[7] 和海地(64,071)。而人均教徒數最多的國家是佛得角。[8]
該會的宗旨依大使命將基督教傳播到世界各地,[9][10] 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)。[11][12]
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,[13][14][15] 2013年拿撒勒人會學院和大學入學人數達50,390人。[16] 該會的總部位於美國密蘇里州的堪薩斯城。[17]
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- ^ ''The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture: Church of the Nazarene''. Encyclopediaofarkansas.net. [2014-06-23]. (原始内容存档于2018-09-16).
- ^ "General secretary releases 2014 stats", NCN News (December 10, 2014). [2015-03-24]. (原始内容存档于2014-12-16).
- ^ "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 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), NCN News (January 10, 2014).
- ^ "Church of the Nazarene Growth, 2004-2014 Annual Statistics from the General Secretary's Reports" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- ^ Gina Grate Pottenger, "Bangladesh: It Started with a Letter" 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2010-09-21., Engage 12 (April 21, 2010)
- ^ "GMC Flags of the Nations: Guatemala" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), NCN Global News Summary (September 17, 2013)
- ^ Membership Stats. Adherents.com. [2014-06-23]. (原始内容存档于2015-03-18).
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- ^ About the Church's Mission (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆). After a unanimous decision of the Board of General Superintendents in December 2006 to express the Church's mission more concisely.
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- ^ "International Board of Education releases global statistics" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), NCN News (February 13, 2014).
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- ^ Eugénio R. Duarte, "ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL SUPERINTENDENTS TO THE 88TH GENERAL BOARD CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE February 2011" (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), NCN News (February 27, 2011)
- ^ 2013 Enrollment Statistics. Nazarene.org. [2014-06-23]. (原始内容存档于2012-01-04).
- ^ 1 About the GMC. Nazarene.org. [2014-06-23]. (原始内容存档于2011-09-29).