Nazarene General Assembly 2021

Organized in 1908 the denomination is now home to about 2 5 million members worshipping in more than 30 000 congregations in 162 world areas.

Nazarene general assembly 2021. The board of general superintendents has determined that current global conditions including health risks restricted mobility and lack of financial resources create limitations for a truly global representation to attend the general assembly as scheduled in 2021. The general assembly shall meet in the month of june every fourth year at such time and place 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 assembly commission shall have power in case of an emergency to change the time and place of the meeting of the general. Where changes are being made words in italics are new words and words in brackets are words being deleted.

Anticipating the 2021 nazarene general assembly debate on the use of intoxicants. Constitutional changes adopted by the 2017 general assembly are in the process of ratification by the district assemblies at the time of printing. Organized in 1908 the denomination is now home to about 2 5 million members worshipping in more than 30 000 congregations in 163 world areas.

The general assembly shall elect by ballot from among the elders of the church of the nazarene as many. The general assembly commission has therefore postponed the meeting to 2023. 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.

As a result the board of general superintendents bgs called for several entities to review plans for the upcoming 30 th general assembly and conventions scheduled for 23 june 2 july 2021 in indianapolis indiana usa. Living apparently under a rock in flint michigan i didn t think resolution ca 710. General assembly site team recommendation for 2021 general assembly a site visit for ga 2021 was conducted by chelsea surfus planning committee member jan sneegas director general assembly and conference services and don plante ga meeting planner.

It s a great city but can i vote for someplace else. One of the interesting discussions from the 2017 general assembly was in the christian action committee about resolution ca 710 regarding the use of intoxicants. The church of the nazarene is a protestant christian church in the wesleyan holiness tradition.

Is it just assumed the gathering will be held in indianapolis. We received proposals from des moines iowa milwaukee wisconsin and pittsburgh.