CHURCH OF THE NAZAREN'S MISSION STATEMENT
"TO MAKE CHRISTLIKE DISCIPLES IN THE NATIONS"
We Are A Christian People
As members of the church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
We Are A Holiness People
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various term including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit"- cleansing us from all sin; renewing us in the image of God: empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
We Are A Missional People
We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and paricipating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His Kingdom (2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a) begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c) encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian higher education. *
WHAT WE BELIEVE...
1) We believe in one God, the Creator of all things, who reveals Himself as Father, Son, and Spirit.
2) We believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who is fully human and fully God at the same time. He lived, died a sacrificial death, and rose from the grave by the power of God.
3) We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is active in the world, bringing us to salvation.
4) We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, giving us all we need to know about how to be saved.
5) We believe that we are all sinners by both nature and act, and need God's forgiveness and cleansing.
6) We believe that Jesus Christ died on the Cross and that, by trusting in His death, we can be restored to a right relationship to God.
7) We believe that God has enabled us to turn to Him from sin but that He has not forced us to do so.
8) We believe that each person must repent, turn away from his sins, and trust Christ to accept him.
9) We believe that when we turn from sin and trust in Christ the old record of sin is wiped clean, and we are born anew, thus becoming part of the family of God.
10) We believe that after being born anew, we need the fullness of God's Spirit in our hearts. When we make a complete commitment to Him, He cleanses our spirit, fills us with His perfect love, and gives us the power to live victoriously.
11) We believe that the Church is the active Body of Christ in the world today. It is called together by the Holy Spirit, through the Word, for the purpose of fulfilling God's plan for the world until Christ returns.
12) We believe in baptism and urge people to be baptized as Christians. 
13) We believe in the Lord's Supper.
14) We believe God can heal. We pray for healing. We also believe that God can work through medical science.
15) We believe that Jesus is coming again.
16) We believe that everyone will face the judgment of God with its rewards and punishments.
* Core values Church of the Nazarene. For more information, please visit Chicago Central Distict Church of the Nazarene website by click on www.ccdnaz.org or Church of the Nazarene National Office www.nazarene.org