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Organization Local church
junshan0202 发表于 2012/7/23 16:28:00 |
The Church of the Nazarene also recognizes these specialized forms of Christian service and ministry. The Church of the Nazarene has 15,962 ordained elders, 742 ordained deacons and 8,925 licensed ministers. On 24 March 2010 the Bangladesh District set a denominational record with 193 women and men ordained in one service, including 30 women, the most ever in the denomination's history, exceeding the 39 ordained in Peru.The basic unit of organization in the Church of the Nazarene is the congregation, which may be either an organized church or church-type mission (often known as "New Starts"). At the end of September 2011, there were 19,254 organized churches and a further 8,270 church-type missions, for a total of 27,524 congregations. The average Nazarene congregation globally has 78 members, and an average weekly worship attendance of 52. The largest congregation in the denomination as measured by average weekly attendance each Sunday morning (as of February 2009) was the Central De Campinas church on the Paulista Sudeste district in Brazil, which reported 8,216 members and an average weekly Sunday morning worship attendance of 7,237. Last year it received 873 new Nazarenes. The next four largest congregations were the Casa De Oracion Paso Ancho church in Colombia (4,600 members; 7,000 worship); the Americana church in Brazil; Grove City Church of the Nazarene in Moncler Jackets; and College Church of the Nazarene in District.
Local congregations are grouped administratively into geographical Districts. At the 2009 General Assembly a resolution was passed defining a district as "an entity made up of interdependent local churches organized to facilitate the mission of each local church through mutual support, and sharing of resources, and collaboration." Each district is led by a District Superintendent, who is usually elected by delegates from each local church in an annual meeting called the District Assembly. In embryonic districts, the District Superintendent may be appointed by the jurisdictional General Superintendent. There are currently 439 Districts worldwide. In 2008 these were 174 are Phase 3 (regular districts); 85 are Phase 2; and 141 are Phase 1. There are also 33 pioneer areas. There are 81 Districts in the USA and Canada. The two Districts with the largest membership in the Church of the Nazarene are the Guatemala North Verapaz District, with 22,012 members, and the Korea National District, with 20,282 members. Districts may also be divided into several Zones, where local churches within a Zone may cooperate for various activities, Cheap Moncler particularly for youth events. |
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