About Bowdoinham Church of the Nazarene
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The most frequently unasked questions about the Church of the Nazarene are , “Where does the name come from? What does it mean?”
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but His parents, Mary and Joseph, were from a town further north called Nazareth. Some time after He was born, they moved back, and that is where He was raised. Someone from Nazareth was called a “Nazarene.” So Jesus is “the Nazarene.”
To call ourselves “The Church of the Nazarene” rather than the Church of Jesus Christ, or something similar, means to us that we identify with the Man Jesus, the One who is the Son of God, but who while He was on earth was a humble, unassuming Servant to all.
Consequently, our mission is learn what it means to be like Jesus, and live that out in the world around us.
To find out more about the Church of the Nazarene in general, please visit the denomination’s website, nazarene.org. The “Who We Are” drop down lists our Articles of Faith. To find out more about us, feel free to contact us, or even better, drop in and visit this Sunday!
