https://nfda.org RSS feeds for National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) 60 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1968/zoroastrianism#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1968 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1968&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1968/zoroastrianism ALSO Mazdayasna Zoroastrianism, the ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran that survives there in isolated areas and, more prosperously, in India, where the descendants of Zoroastrian Iranian (Persian) immigrants are known as Parsis, or Parsees. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:37:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1968 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1967/wicca#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1967 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1967&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1967/wicca ALSO Wiccan Wicca, a predominantly Western movement whose followers practice witchcraft and nature worship and who see it as a religion based on pre-Christian traditions of northern and western Europe. It spread through England in the 1950s and subsequently attracted followers in Europe and the United States. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:35:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1967 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1966/united-moravian-church#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1966 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1966&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1966/united-moravian-church ALSO Moravian Church, The Moravian Church Moravian church, Protestant church founded in the 18th century but tracing its origin to the Unitas Fratrum (“Unity of Brethren”) of the 15th-century Hussite movement in Bohemia and Moravia. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:30:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1966 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1965/united-church-of-religious-science#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1965 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1965&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1965/united-church-of-religious-science ALSO Religious Science, Science of the Mind  (NOTE: NOT the same as Christian Science or Scientology) Religious Science, religious movement founded in the United States by Ernest Holmes (1887–1960). Holmes and his brother Fenwicke were drawn to New Thought teachings and to a belief in the power of the mind for healing and fulfillment of life. In 1926 Holmes’s major work, The Science of Mind, was published. In 1927 he established the Institute of Religious Science and Philosophy in Los Angeles to teach his principles. Some of the graduates established churches based on Holmes’s teachings, and in 1949 he reluctantly agreed to the establishment of a Religious Science denomination. There are now two branches: The United Church of Religious Science and the smaller Religious Science International, which prefers a less centralized polity. The two organizations have identical doctrines. The United Church publishes the magazine Science of Mind. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:28:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1965 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1964/united-church-of-christ#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1964 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1964&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1964/united-church-of-christ ALSO The UCC United Church of Christ, Protestant denomination in the United States, formed by the union of the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches. Each was itself the result of a former union. Negotiations toward union of the two bodies were begun in 1942, and during the next 15 years there were seven revisions of the Basis of Union. The United Church of Christ was formed in a General Synod on June 25, 1957, and its constitution was declared in force on July 4, 1961. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:22:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1964 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1963/unitarianunitarian-universalist#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1963 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1963&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1963/unitarianunitarian-universalist ALSO Unitarian Universalist Association Unitarianism and Universalism, liberal religious movements that have merged in the United States. In previous centuries they appealed for their views to Scripture interpreted by reason, but most contemporary Unitarians and Universalists base their religious beliefs on reason and experience. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:15:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1963 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1962/sufism#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1962 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1962&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1962/sufism ALSO Sufi, Sufism Reoriented Sufism, mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God. It consists of a variety of mystical paths that are designed to ascertain the nature of humanity and of God and to facilitate the experience of the presence of divine love and wisdom in the world. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:13:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1962 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1961/sikh#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1961 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1961&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1961/sikh ALSO Sikhism Sikhism, Indian religion founded in the Punjab in the late 15th century. Its members are known as Sikhs. The Sikhs call their faith Gurmat (Punjabi: ‘the Way of the Guru’). According to Sikh tradition, Sikhism was established by Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and subsequently led by a succession of nine other Gurus. All 10 human Gurus, Sikhs believe, were inhabited by a single spirit. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:10:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1961 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1960/shinto#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1960 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1960&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1960/shinto ALSO kami-no-michi (NOTE: all lowercase) Shintō, indigenous religious beliefs and practices of Japan. The word Shintō, which literally means ‘the way of kami’ (kami means ‘mystical,’ ‘superior,’ or ‘divine,’ generally sacred or divine power, specifically the various gods or deities), came into use in order to distinguish indigenous Japanese beliefs from Buddhism, which had been introduced into Japan in the 6th century CE. Shintō has no founder, no official sacred scriptures in the strict sense, and no fixed dogmas, but it has preserved its guiding beliefs throughout the ages. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:08:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1960 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1959/seventh-day-adventist#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1959 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1959&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1959/seventh-day-adventist ALSO Seventh-day Adventist Church Seventh-day Adventist, member of the largest organized modern denomination of Adventism, a millennialist Christian sect founded in the United States in the 19th century. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:03:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1959 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1958/russian-orthodox#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1958 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1958&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1958/russian-orthodox ALSO Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox church, largest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, Eastern Orthodox church in the world. Its membership is estimated at more than 85 million. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:59:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1958 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1957/presbyterian#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1957 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1957&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1957/presbyterian ALSO Presbyterianism Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), byname PC(USA), U.S. Protestant denomination formed on June 10, 1983, in the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (headquartered in New York City) and the Presbyterian Church in the United States (headquartered in Atlanta). The merger ended a North-South split among Presbyterians that dated from the American Civil War. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:56:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1957 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1956/native-american-church#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1956 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1956&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1956/native-american-church ALSO Peyotism and Peyote Religion Native American Church, also called Peyotism, or Peyote Religion, most widespread indigenous religious movement among North American Indians and one of the most influential forms of Pan-Indianism. The term peyote derives from the Nahuatl name peyotl for a cactus. The tops of the plants contain mescaline, an alkaloid drug that has hallucinogenic effects. It was used in Mexico in pre-Columbian times to induce supernatural visions and as a medicine.  Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:51:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1956 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1955/muslim#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1955 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1955&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1955/muslim ALSO Islam, Moslem, Islamic Islam, major world religion promulgated by the Prophet Muhammad in Arabia in the 7th century CE. The Arabic term islām, literally ‘surrender,’ illuminates the fundamental religious idea of Islam—that the believer (called a Muslim, from the active particle of islām) accepts surrender to the will of Allah (in Arabic, Allāh: God). Allah is viewed as the sole God—creator, sustainer, and restorer of the world. The will of Allah, to which human beings must submit, is made known through the sacred scriptures, the Qurʾān (often spelled Koran in English), which Allah revealed to his messenger, Muhammad. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:46:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1955 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1954/methodist#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1954 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1954&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1954/methodist ALSO United Methodist, The United Methodist Church (UMC), Methodist Church, Methodism. Methodism, 18th-century movement founded by John Wesley that sought to reform the Church of England from within. The movement, however, became separate from its parent body and developed into an autonomous church. There were roughly 15 million Methodists worldwide at the turn of the 21st century.  Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:44:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1954 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1953/messianic-jewish#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1953 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1953&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1953/messianic-jewish ALSO Chosen People Ministries, Jews for Jesus Messianic Judaism, (a branch of which is “Jews for Jesus”) is a religious group that has tried to straddle the line between Judaism and Christianity. According to this group, Jesus, or Yeshua in Aramaic, was the Messiah, and he died on behalf of the world’s sins. They also believe that the Jews are the chosen people, and that the explicit laws of the Torah, such as observing Shabbat, holidays, and circumcision must be obeyed today. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:41:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1953 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1952/lutheran-church-missouri-synod#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1952 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1952&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1952/lutheran-church-missouri-synod ALSO The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), or Missouri Synod Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, conservative Lutheran church in the United States, organized in Chicago in 1847 by German immigrants from Saxony (settled in Missouri) and Bavaria (settled in Michigan and Indiana) as the German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. C.F.W. Walther, a seminary professor and pastor ordained in Germany, was president of the church from 1847 to 1850 and from 1864 to 1878. The church grew rapidly through an active educational and evangelistic program, by absorbing entire congregations and synods, and by meeting newly arrived German immigrants in port cities to guide them into its congregations. “German” was dropped from the name in 1917, and in 1947 the present name was adopted. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:40:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1952 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1951/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saintsmormon#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1951 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1951&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1951/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saintsmormon ALSO Church of Latter Day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, LDS Church, or Mormon Church Mormon, member of any of several denominations that trace their origins to a religion founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805–1844), in the United States in 1830. The term Mormon, often used to refer to members of these churches, comes from the Book of Mormon, which was published by Smith in 1830. Now an international movement, Mormonism is characterized by a unique understanding of the Godhead, emphasis on family life, belief in continuing revelation, desire for order, respect for authority, and missionary work. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:35:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1951 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1950/jewish-faithjudaism#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1950 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1950&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1950/jewish-faithjudaism *Several denominations, including but not limited to Orthodox/Haredi, Traditional/Conservadox, Conservative, Reform/Progressive, Reconstructionist, Renewal, Humanistic, Karaite, Hasidism, Kabbalah Judaism Judaism, the religion of the Jews. It is the complex phenomenon of a total way of life for the Jewish people, comprising theology, law, and innumerable cultural traditions. Erin Fri, 03 Feb 2017 14:11:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1950 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1949/humanist#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1949 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1949&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1949/humanist ALSO American Humanist Association (AHA), or Secular Humanism Humanism, term freely applied to a variety of beliefs, methods, and philosophies that place central emphasis on the human realm. Most frequently, however, the term is used with reference to a system of education and mode of inquiry that developed in northern Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries and later spread through continental Europe and England. Alternately known as Renaissance humanism, this program was so broadly and profoundly influential that it is one of the chief reasons why the Renaissance is viewed as a distinct historical period. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:45:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1949 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1948/hindu#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1948 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1948&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1948/hindu ALSO Hinduism Hinduism, major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. Although the name Hinduism is relatively new, having been coined by British writers in the first decades of the 19th century, it refers to a rich cumulative tradition of texts and practices, some of which date to the 2nd millennium BCE or possibly earlier. If the Indus valley civilization (3rd–2nd millennium BCE) was the earliest source of these traditions, as some scholars hold, then Hinduism is the oldest living religion on Earth. Its many sacred texts in Sanskrit and vernacular languages served as a vehicle for spreading the religion to other parts of the world, though ritual and the visual and performing arts also played a significant role in its transmission. From about the 4th century CE, Hinduism had a dominant presence in Southeast Asia, one that would last for more than 1,000 years. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:41:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1948 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1947/episcopalian#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1947 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1947&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1947/episcopalian ALSO The Episcopal Church (TEC), ECUSA, Protestant Episcopal Church Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA), also called the Episcopal Church or Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, autonomous church in the United States. Part of the Anglican Communion, it was formally organized in Philadelphia in 1789 as the successor to the Church of England in the American colonies. In points of doctrine, worship, and ministerial order, the church descended from and has remained associated with the Church of England. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:40:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1947 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1946/eastern-orthodox#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1946 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1946&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1946/eastern-orthodox ALSO Orthodox Church, Orthodox Catholic Church, (commonly referred to as “Greek Orthodoxy” in US) Eastern Orthodoxy, official name Orthodox Catholic Church, one of the three major doctrinal and jurisdictional groups of Christianity. It is characterized by its continuity with the apostolic church, its liturgy, and its territorial churches. Its adherents live mainly in the Balkans, the Middle East, and former Soviet countries. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:35:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1946 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1945/community-of-christ#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1945 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1945&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1945/community-of-christ ALSO The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) Community of Christ, formerly (1852–69) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (1869–2001) Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, church that claims to be the legal continuation of the church founded by Joseph Smith at Fayette in Seneca county, New York, in 1830. World headquarters are in Independence, Missouri. In the early 21st century the church’s members numbered about 250,000, with congregations in some 50 countries in addition to the United States and Canada. The Community of Christ does not accept the appellation Mormon because of the association with polygamy. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:32:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1945 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1944/church-of-the-nazarene#Comments 0 https://nfda.org/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=1064&ModuleID=2535&ArticleID=1944 https://nfda.org:443/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=1944&PortalID=0&TabID=1064 https://nfda.org/religious-funeral-customs/id/1944/church-of-the-nazarene ALSO Church of Nazarene Church of the Nazarene, American Protestant denomination, the product of several mergers stemming from the 19th-century Holiness movement. The first major merger occurred in 1907, uniting the Church of the Nazarene (organized in California in 1895) with the Association of Pentecostal Churches of America (with origins in the northeastern U.S. states from 1886 to 1896) to form the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. In 1908 the Holiness Church of Christ (with origins in the southwestern states from 1894 to 1905) joined the denomination. Later mergers brought in other groups. The term Pentecostal, increasingly associated with glossolalia (‘speaking in tongues’), a practice foreign to the Nazarenes, was dropped from the name of the church in 1919. Erin Thu, 02 Feb 2017 21:30:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:1944