List of Church of the Nazarene conventions

The Church of the Nazarene is a conservative, evangelical, Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition. It is headquartered in the United States of America with nearly 3 million members worldwide. Church governance, as well as statements of the church's beliefs, are found in a book called The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. This dictates: "The General Assembly shall meet every fourth year…”

The Church of the Nazarene also hosts other conventions and conferences that support the mission of the church and provide resources to pastors and laity across the globe. Each division under the Church could host a convention per their individual constitutions. Most notably is the convention for Nazarene Youth which began hosting a conference in 1958. Each geographical sub-region, or District, is required to host an annual assembly to report on the status of the church within those geographical boundaries.

The Manual also says: “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." Which was the case for postponing the 2021 General Assembly to 2023 due to complications of travel visas, and vaccination requirements and social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 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 5, 2008. ^[1]

Year	Dates	Location	Venue	Host District
1907	10 October	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago First Church	Chicago Central ^[2]
1908	5–13 October	Pilot Point, Texas	Pilot Point First Church	Dallas ^[3]
1911	October	Nashville, Tennessee	Pentecostal Mission & Ryman Auditorium	East Tennessee
1915	30 September - 11 October	Kansas City, Missouri	Kansas City First Church^[4]	Kansas City ^[5]
1919	October	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City ^[6]
1923	20 September - 2 October	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City
1928	14–25 June	Columbus, Ohio	Memorial Hall	Central Ohio
1932	12–24 June	Wichita, Kansas	The Forum	Kansas
1936	21–29 June	Kansas City, Missouri	Ararat Shrine Temple	Kansas City
1940	16–24 June	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Municipal Auditorium	Northwest Oklahoma
1944	18–23 June	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Municipal Auditorium	Minnesota
1948	20–27 June	St. Louis, Missouri	Kiel Auditorium	Missouri
1952	22–27 June	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City
1956	14–22 June	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City
1960	19–24 June	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City
1964	21–27 June	Portland, Oregon	unknown	Oregon Pacific
1968	16–21 June	Kansas City, Missouri	unknown	Kansas City
1972	18–23 June	Miami Beach, Florida	unknown	Southern Florida
1976	20–25 June	Dallas, Texas	Dallas Convention Center	Dallas
1980	22–27 June	Kansas City, Missouri	Bartle Hall	Kansas City
1985	23–28 June	Anaheim, California	Anaheim Stadium	Anaheim
1989	25–30 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome	Indianapolis
1993	25–30 July	Indianapolis, Indiana	Hoosier Dome	Indianapolis
1997	22–27 June	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome	South Texas
2001	24–28 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	RCA Dome	Indianapolis
2005	18–28 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	RCA Dome	Indianapolis
2009	24 June - 3 July	Orlando, Florida^[7]	Orange County Convention Center	Central Florida
2013	19–27 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Convention Center	Indianapolis
2017	21–30 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Convention Center	Indianapolis
2021	cancelled	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Convention Center	Indianapolis
2023	9-16 June	Indianapolis, Indiana	Indiana Convention Center	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]

Year	Dates	Location	Arena	Host District	Name
1999	-	Kansas City, Missouri	Bartle Hall	Kansas City	Millennium Celebration
2003	-	Nashville, Tennessee	Opryland Hotel	East Tennessee	M3
2007	February 19–21	Kansas City, Missouri	Bartle Hall	Kansas City	M7
2011	February 21–23	Louisville, Kentucky	Kentucky International Convention Center	Kentucky	M11
2015	February 9–11	Kansas City, Missouri	Bartle Hall	Kansas City	M15
2019	February 11–13	Kansas City, Missouri	Bartle Hall	Kansas City	M19

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 Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine 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)

Year	Dates	Location	Arena	Host District	Theme
1958	July 16–21	Estes Park, Colorado	Estes Park Campground	Colorado	Unknown
1962	July 3–9	Estes Park, Colorado	Estes Park Campground	Colorado	Unknown
1966	unknown	Estes Park, Colorado	Estes Park Campground	Colorado	Unknown
1970	July 14–20	Estes Park, Colorado	Estes Park Campground	Colorado	Let the Whole World Know
1974	July 18–23, 25-30	Fiesch, Switzerland	Fiesch-Eggishorn Valais	Northern Europe	Jesus is Lord
1978	unknown	Estes Park, Colorado	Estes Park Campground	Colorado	Unknown
1983	unknown	Oaxtepec, Mexico	Unknown	Mexico and Central America Region	That The World May Know
1987	July 7–14	Washington D.C.	University of Maryland	Mid-Atlantic	Share His Spirit
1991	July 23–28	Orlando, Florida	Orlando Convention Center	Central Florida	Dare To Run
1995	July 25–30	Phoenix, Arizona	US Airways Center	Arizona	It's Gonna Be Hot
1999	July 20–25	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Air Canada Centre/Sky Dome	Canada Central	Are You Ready?
2003	July 22–27	Houston, Texas	Reliant Center	South Texas	Discipleship the Journey
2007	July 10–15	St. Louis, Missouri	Edward Jones Dome/America's Center	Missouri	Water Fire Wind
2011	July 5–10	Louisville, Kentucky	KFC Yum! Center	Kentucky	A World Unbroken
2015	July 8–12	Louisville, Kentucky	KFC Yum! Center	Kentucky	Thy Kingdom Come^[12]
2019	July 10–14	Phoenix, Arizona	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Arizona	Love God, Love Others, Love Lived
2023	July 5–9	Tampa, Florida	Amalie Arena/Tampa Convention Center	Southern Florida	Overflow

Third Wave

In addition to NYC, the Global NYI hosts an emerging leadership conference known as the Third Wave Conference.

Year	Dates	Location	Host Region
2004	Jan	Quito, Ecuador	South America Region
2007	Jan	Johannesburg, South Africa	Africa Region
2012	Jan	Bangkok, Thailand	Asia-Pacific Region
2015	Jan	San José, Costa Rica	Mesoamerica Region
2019	Jan	Hyderabad, India	Eurasia Region

References

^ "Nazarene Communications Network". Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
^ This is the First General Assembly of the P-CotN (Now CotN); 47 churches belonged to the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
^ 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
^ Kansas City First Church at the corner of 24th Street and Troost Avenue.
^ This is officially the 4th General Assembly.
^ The term "Church of the Nazarene" is officially adopted.
^ 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
^ "M19 // The Gospel Unleashed". Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
^ "YIM". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
^ Fast Facts Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Fast Facts
^ "Global participation at the 22nd NYI Convention". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
^ http://nyc2015.com Archived 2018-06-09 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

External links

27th General Assembly and Conventions Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
M7 Conference
NYC 2015 Archived 2018-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
NYC 2019 Archived 2018-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Nazarene Communications Network". Archived from the original on 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2007-08-16.

[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] "M19 // The Gospel Unleashed". Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-07-22.

[9] "YIM". Archived from the original on 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-10-22.

[10] Fast Facts Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Fast Facts

[11] "Global participation at the 22nd NYI Convention". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

[12] ttp://nyc2015.com Archived 2018-06-09 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

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