The Manhattan Church of the Nazarene is part of a world-wide denomination of over 1,945,542 members, 24,285 churches in 155 world areas.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe in the trinity, one God, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Second person of the trinity. He was born of the Virgin Mary, He died for our sins, and ascended into heaven.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity. He is ever present and active in our world today, convicting us of our sins, giving new life to those who repent and believe, sanctifying believers and guiding into all Truth.
We believe the Holy Scripture is the divinely inspired Word of God. The Word reveals everything that we need to know about our salavation.
We believe that sin came into the world through the sin of Adam and Eve. There are two kinds of sin: the carnal nature that lifts up self; and a choice to disobey God's law. Each kind needs God's grace and redeeming power.
We believe that God's grace is at work in our lives before we come to Him. It is because of God's grace that we can repent and believe.
We believe that repentance is necessary for salvation. Repentance is a sincere and thorough change of mind in regard to sin, involving a sense of personal guilt and a voluntary turning away from sin.
We believe that when we repent of our sins we are made right with God, given new life and adopted into the family of God.
We believe that entire sanctification is the act of God, for the believer by which the original sin nature is cleansed and we are brought into a state of entire devotion to God and the holy obedience of love made complete.
We believe in the Church, the community that confesses Jesus Christ as Lord. God calls the Church to express its life in worship through the preaching of the Word, the participation in the sacraments and obedience to Christ.
We believe in two sacraments: Christian baptism, commanded by our Lord, is a sacrament signifying acceptance into the faith; and the Lord's supper.
We believe that God is able to bring about divine healing through the power, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We believe that Christ will return to this earth and the resurrection of all humankind and in God's judgment on all people.