List of Church of the Nazarene conventions

General Assembly

The General Assembly and Conventions of the Church of the Nazarene (General Assembly, or GA) is the premier convention of the Church of the Nazarene, as it is provided for the supreme legislative body of the Church of the Nazarene. Since 1985, the General Assembly has been held in the year following the United States presidential election. General Assemblies offer workshops, networking, seminars, and praise and worship services for all delegates and guests.

The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene dictates: "The General Assembly shall meet in the month of June, every fourth year, at such time and place as shall be determined by a General Assembly Commission composed of the general superintendents and an equal number of persons chosen by the Board of General Superintendents. The general superintendents and said commission shall also have power, in case of an emergency, to change the time and place of the meeting of the General Assembly." The General Assembly comprises elected and ex officio delegates from around the world. The General Assembly elects six general superintendents and a General Board, in whom authority is vested between General Assemblies. The general superintendents are assigned jurisdictional authority over the districts, regions and other institutions of the Church of the Nazarene, and are given authority to ordain qualified women and men into the ministry. (Article 304.5)"

The Church of the Nazarene announced in February 2007 that instead of a global convention to celebrate the centennial, each local church will participate in a global telecast on Sunday October 5th, 2008. [1]

YearDatesLocationVenueHost District
190710 OctoberChicago, IllinoisChicago First ChurchChicago Central [2]
19085–13 OctoberPilot Point, TexasPilot Point First ChurchDallas [3]
1911OctoberNashville, TennesseePentecostal Mission & Ryman AuditoriumEast Tennessee
191530 September - 11 OctoberKansas City, MissouriKansas City First Church[4]Kansas City [5]
1919OctoberKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City [6]
192320 September - 2 OctoberKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City
192814–25 JuneColumbus, OhioMemorial HallCentral Ohio
193212–24 JuneWichita, KansasThe ForumKansas
193621–29 JuneKansas City, MissouriArarat Shrine TempleKansas City
194016–24 JuneOklahoma City, OklahomaMunicipal AuditoriumNorthwest Oklahoma
194418–23 JuneMinneapolis, MinnesotaMunicipal AuditoriumMinnesota
194820–27 JuneSt. Louis, MissouriKiel AuditoriumMissouri
195222–27 JuneKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City
195614–22 JuneKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City
196019–24 JuneKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City
196421–27 JunePortland, OregonunknownOregon Pacific
196816–21 JuneKansas City, MissouriunknownKansas City
197218–23 JuneMiami Beach, FloridaunknownSouthern Florida
197620–25 JuneDallas, TexasDallas Convention CenterDallas
198022–27 JuneKansas City, MissouriBartle HallKansas City
198523–28 JuneAnaheim, CaliforniaAnaheim StadiumAnaheim
198925–30 JuneIndianapolis, IndianaHoosier DomeIndianapolis
199325–30 JulyIndianapolis, IndianaHoosier DomeIndianapolis
199722–27 JuneSan Antonio, TexasAlamodomeSouth Texas
200124–28 JuneIndianapolis, IndianaRCA DomeIndianapolis
200518–28 JuneIndianapolis, IndianaRCA DomeIndianapolis
200924 June - 3 JulyOrlando, Florida [7]Orange County Convention CenterCentral Florida
201319–27 JuneIndianapolis, IndianaIndiana Convention CenterIndianapolis
2017 21-30 June Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis

Missions Conference

In the mid-quadrennial year, the USA/Canada region of the Church of the Nazarene hosts a conference which focuses on missions and evangelism for the United States and Canada Region. Commonly referred to as M and the numeral of the year it takes place in. (i.e. 2011 was called M11). The most recent Missions Conference held was in Kansas City, Missouri.[8] The next Missions conference will be held in 2019.

YearDatesLocationArenaHost DistrictName
1999-Kansas City, MissouriBartle HallKansas CityMillennium Celebration
2003-Nashville, TennesseeOpryland HotelEast TennesseeM3
2007February 19–21Kansas City, MissouriBartle HallKansas CityM7
2011February 21–23Louisville, KentuckyKentucky International Convention CenterKentuckyM11
2015February 9–11Kansas City, MissouriBartle HallKansas CityM15

Nazarene Youth International

The first NYI was known as the Nazarene Young Peoples Society. It was instituted in 1923. And is represented by those members of the Church of the Nazarene who are 13-25. In 2006, Nazarene Youth International (NYI) had 381,343 members. 181 Youth In Mission[9] participates from 5 regional areas, and 2,320 Youthserve NYI Youthserve students served around the world for the Church of the Nazarene.[10] The 22nd Convention of NYI held in Orlando, Florida was first truly global convention, featuring delegates in 7 other cities. These cities were Quito, Ecuador, Johannesburg, South Africa, Büsingen am Hochrhein, Germany, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Manila, Philippines, Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mumbai, India.[11]

Nazarene Youth Conference

In 1958 the first Nazarene Youth Conference or NYC was held in Estes Park, Colorado. Originally called the "International Institute," it was the brain child of the Nazarene Young Peoples Society (now Nazarene Youth International or NYI). NYC is an event that has focused on bringing together the Nazarene youths of the world for a time of praise and worship, Bible Quizzing, seminars, workshops, inspiring messages, and challenges to change their communities and the world through the power of the Gospel. Held in the off non-Olympiad to the General Assembly, NYC is the highlight for high-school aged teens every four years. Selection of the NYC Host City is done by the NYI Council. NYC has been hosted in four different countries (Germany, Mexico, Canada and the United States), making it the first Nazarene convention to be held outside the United States. Starting in 2003, Houston, NYC was designated “NYC USA/Canada” as other NYCs were being held in each of the seven world regions of the Nazarene Church. NYI USA/CANADA is also creating "mini-NYCs", similar to a spiritual retreat in nature, for the USA/Canada Region called FUEL. These events take place at various locations across the region. In 2008, FUEL was held in Los Angeles, CA; Orlando, FL, Nampa, ID, and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Previous names (first used):

  • NYPS: International Institute (1958)
  • World Youth Congress (1983)
  • Nazarene Youth Convention (1989)
  • Nazarene Youth Congress (1987, 1991)
  • Nazarene Youth Conference (2003)
YearDatesLocationArenaHost DistrictTheme
1958unknownEstes Park, ColoradoEstes Park CampgroundColoradoUnknown
1962July 3–9Estes Park, ColoradoEstes Park CampgroundColoradoUnknown
1966unknownEstes Park, ColoradoEstes Park CampgroundColoradoUnknown
1970July 14–20Estes Park, ColoradoEstes Park CampgroundColoradoLet the Whole World Know
1974July 18–23, 25-30Fiesch, SwitzerlandFiesch-Eggishorn ValaisNorthern EuropeJesus is Lord
1978unknownEstes Park, ColoradoEstes Park CampgroundColoradoUnknown
1983unknownOaxtepec, MexicoUnknownMexico and Central America RegionThat The World May Know
1987July 7–14Washington D.C.University of MarylandMid-AtlanticShare His Spirit
1991July 23–28Orlando, FloridaOrlando Convention CenterCentral FloridaDare To Run
1995July 25–30Phoenix, ArizonaUS Airways CenterArizonaUnknown
1999July 20–25Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAir Canada Centre/Sky DomeCanada CentralAre You Ready?
2003July 22–27Houston, TexasReliant CenterSouth TexasDiscipleship the Journey
2007July 10–15St. Louis, MissouriEdward Jones Dome/America's CenterMissouriWater Fire Wind
2011July 5–10Louisville, KentuckyKFC Yum! CenterKentuckyA World Unbroken
2015July 8–12Louisville, KentuckyKFC Yum! CenterKentuckyThy Kingdom Come[12]
2019 July 10-14 Phoenix, Arizona Talking Stick Resort Arena Unknown Love God Love Others

Third Wave

In addition to NYC, the Global NYI hosts an emerging leadership conference known as the Third Wave Conference. At the 27th General Assembly in 2009 NYI announced the location of the 3rd Third Wave Conference would be held in Bangkok, Thailand.[13]

YearDatesLocationHost Region
2004JanQuito, EcuadorSouth America Region
2007JanJohannesburg, South AfricaAfrica Region
2012JanBangkok, ThailandAsia-Pacific Region

References

  1. ↑ Nazarene Communications Network
  2. ↑ This is the First General Assembly of the P-CotN (Now CotN); 47 churches belonged to the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
  3. ↑ This was the 13th for the Church of the Nazarene (Bresee), and Pentecostal Churches of America, 4th for the Holiness Church of Christ, and 2nd for the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene (National) In 1919 P-CotN will change to just CotN
  4. ↑ Kansas City First Church at the corner of 24th Street and Troost Avenue.
  5. ↑ This is officially the 4th General Assembly.
  6. ↑ The term "Church of the Nazarene" is officially adopted.
  7. ↑ Construction of the Lucas Oil Stadium created the need for the GA Commission to move the location of the 27th General Assembly from Indianapolis to Orlando Florida
  8. ↑ "M15". www.usacanadaregion.org. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  9. ↑ YIM
  10. ↑ Fast FactsFast Facts
  11. ↑ Global participation at the 22nd NYI Convention
  12. ↑ http://nyc2015.com
  13. ↑ Third Wave 2011 host city announced
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