In June of 2027, the Church of the Nazarene will be conducting its General Assembly. The General Assembly is the supreme doctrine-formulating, lawmaking, and elective authority of the Church of the Nazarene. During past quadrenniums, I have presented to my district delegation, and through them to the General Assembly, a number of resolutions. Some of them have passed and impacted the Manual of the Church of the Nazarene. Some were amended. Others were rejected.
This year I have presented nine resolutions to my district delegation. - If you are a district superintendent or a delegate from another district, I would draw your attention to these and hope you might consider supporting them. If you are not a ds or delegate, but you know a ds or delegate from a district other than SWID, please consider sharing these resolutions with your superintendent and/or delegates.
Note: Strikedthrough words are to be deleted from the current Manual. Underlined words are to be added to the current Manual.
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OFFICIAL
CHURCH ANTHEM
Resolution
Not in the Manual
Be it resolved that the
hymn, “Holiness unto the Lord” by Lelia N. Morris (as found on page 503 of Sing
to the Lord) be declared to be the official anthem of the Church of the
Nazarene.
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. “Holiness unto the Lord”
has already been acknowledged, elsewhere, as the “unofficial” anthem of
the church.
2. The message of the hymn
expresses clearly the identity of the Church of the Nazarene as a
Wesleyan-holiness denomination.
3. The hymn is widely and
consistently (if not always) sung during the ordination services at our
various district assemblies.
4. Such a resolution does
not require the use of the hymn in any particular setting, but simply reaffirms
our holiness identity.
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