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The Church ofBirth the Nazarene’s roots lie in England’s 18th-centuryof Wesleyan aRegional Church churches that began in the South, first in Tennessee (1894) and revival and in the of the 19th century. The Holiness then in Texas (1901), merged in 1904 and by 1908 had congregations Movement began in the 1830s with an emphasis on Christian renewal stretching from Georgia to New Mexico. but was fracturing locally by its third generation. The desire of smaller On the West Coast, another denomination originated in 1895 and by 1907 entitles to form a united, stronger body resulted in the rise of the present had churches stretching from California to . denomination. These groups merged in 1907 and 1908, creating the Pentecostal Church Regional organizations that began on the East Coast, first in of the Nazarene. To the founders, “Pentecostal” was simply a synonym for (1887) and then in New York (1894), merged in 1896 and by 1907 had “holiness,” but in 1919 the church name was shortened because of new congregations stretching from Nova Scotia to . meanings that, in the public mind, had become attached to the term.

Utica Avenue Peoples’ Pentecostal Tabernacle Holiness Christian Church New Testament Church Evangelical Church , New York , Pennsylvania of Christ Providence, William Howard Hoople H. G. Trumbauer Milan, Tennessee Fred A. Hillary Est. 1894 Est. 1894 Est. 1894 Est. 1886

Independent Central Evangelical Association of Pentecostal Holiness Church Holiness Association Churches of America Van Alstyne, Texas Rock, Massachusetts New York, New York C. B. Jernigan Est. 1890 Est. 1895 Est. 1901

Association of Pentecostal Los Angeles, California Holiness Association Churches of America of Texas New York, New York Phineas F. Bresee Peniel, Texas Holiness Church of Christ Est. 1896 Est. 1895 Est. 1901 Rising Star, Texas Est. 1904

Pentecostal Church of Scotland Pentecostal Mission Glasgow, Scotland Nashville, Tennessee George Sharpe J. O. McClurkan Est. 1906 Est. 1898

Laymen’s Holiness Association Jamestown, North Dakota J. G. Morrison Est. 1917

Hephzibah Faith Missionary Association Tabor, Iowa International Holiness Mission George Weavers London, England Est. 1893 David Thomas Est. 1907

Calvary Holiness Church United Kingdom Jack Ford & Maynard James Est. 1934 Gospel Workers Church of Canada Ontario, Canada Frank Goff Est. 1918 Church of the Nazarene Nigeria Jeremiah U. Ekaidem Est. 1946 10 HT N/D 08