On this page are Churches of the Nazarene from around the United States. You’ll find mainly older pictures here, very few modern ones (though a few). They are in alphabetic order by state then city.
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Alabama
Cullman, AL, Cornerstone Church of the Nazarene.
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Jasper, Alabama First Church of the Nazarene, 1910-1940. Photo ca 1920, (from Wikimedia Commons).
Jasper, Alabama Church of the Nazarene, 1941-1972. Photo ca 1955 (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
Jasper, Alabama First Church of the Nazarene, 1972 – present, photo taken 2005 (from Wikimedia Commons).
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Alaska
Whitehorse, AK Church of the Nazarene, built in the 1950s (photo from whitehorsenazarene.org).
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Arizona
Casa Grande, Arizona. Built in 1949. Added to the National Register of Historic Places 20 November 2002 at the Church of the Nazarene. Currently Primera Iglesia Baptista (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
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Arkansas
Clinton, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene
Clinton, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene
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Conway, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene
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Goshen, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene.
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Little Rock, AR, Rose Hill Church of the Nazarene, 1940s.
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Marshall, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene
Marshall, Arkansas Church of the Nazarene
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California
El Monte, California Church of the Nazarene, 1950s
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Glendale, California Church of the Nazarene -interior, 1940s (photo by Matson Photo Service now at the Library of Congress).
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Interior of the Los Angeles Church of the Nazarene, known as the “Glory Barn” (1896-1903).
A close-up of the above photo with Phineas Bresee 2nd from right.
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Los Angeles, CA First Church of the Nazarene (6th & Wall Streets), dedicated March 22, 1903, replacing the “Glory Barn.”
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Olivehurst, California Church of the Nazarene, 1940 (photo from National Archives).
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Ontario, California First Church of the Nazarene -front view
Ontario, California First Church of the Nazarene -side view
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Pasadena, CA Church of the Nazarene built in 1926 on the corner of Washington and Breese Streets. Currently the Armenian Church of the Nazarene (photo from Pasadena Digital History Collaboration).
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Sierra Madre, California Church of the Nazarene
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Colorado
Greeley, Colorado First Church of the Nazarene
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Connecticut
Manchester, CT Church of the Nazarene
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Florida
Davenport, Florida First Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. Torn down in 1914 and the lumber used in the Methodist parsonage while the bell was given to the Davenport Methodist church (Photo: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/32741).
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Idaho
Boise, ID First Church of the Nazarene
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From back: “College Church. Located adjacent to Northwest Nazarene College Campus, this Church serves the community as well as College faculty and students.”
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Illinois
MIlford, Illinois Church of the Nazarene
Rantoul, Illinois Church of the Nazarene. “They say we are friendly”
Villa Grove, Illinois Church of the Nazarene
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Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana Church of the Nazarene at 515 N. Grant Street. Built in 1930, currently an apartment building (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
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Frankfort, Indiana First Church of the Nazarene
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Mitchell, Indiana Church of the Nazarene
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Spencer, Indiana Church of the Nazarene
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Iowa
Davenport, IA First Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene.
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Kansas
Garden City, Kansas Church of the Nazarene, 503 E. Spruce. In 1918 the church was disorganized. In 1920 the old Presbyterian Church was purchased, and services resumed at this location until that building burned on Feb. 24, 1940 (photo from church website).
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Kentucky
Newport, KY First Church of the Nazarene
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Maine
Chebeague, ME Church of the Nazarene.
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Eliot, Maine Church of the Nazarene
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Gardiner, Maine Church of the Nazarene
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Union, ME Church of the Nazarene built in 1928.
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Maryland
Indian Head, Maryland: The Indian Head School (pictured in 1917) would become the church, according to church history (photo from somdnews.com)
Indian Head, Maryland Church of the Nazarene: Both churches, after the completion of the new one on the right (1931), stand side by side. The old building was later moved to another part of Raymond Avenue, where it was turned into a home (photo from somdnews.com).
Massachusetts
Dorchester Center, Massachusits Second Church, a Church of the Nazarene (photo from church’s Google+ page). This church building was dedicated in 1806 and was a Congregational church until 1991 when it merged with the Church of the Nazarene.
Boston-Dorchester Center, Massachusetts Second Church portrayed on a postcard from 1905. In 1991 it became the meeting place of the Dorchester Center Church of the Nazarene.
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West Somerville, Massachusetts Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, pre-1919.
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Michigan
Lowell, Michigan Church of the Nazarene
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Reed City, Michigan Church of the Nazarene
Sturgis, Michigan Church of the Nazarene -inside view
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Minnesota
Kelloher, Minnesota Church of the Nazarene
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St. Paul, Minnesota Church of the Nazarene-North
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Mississippi
Brookhaven, Mississippi Church of the Nazarene, 1945-1960 (photo from llf.lib.ms.us).
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Missouri
Cameron, MO Church of the Nazarene, located at Prospect and Orange Sts.
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Iberia, MO Church of the Nazarene
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First Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, Missouri, pre-1919.
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Kansas City, Missouri First Church of the Nazarene
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Montana
Basin, Montana Community Church of the Nazarene, 2011 (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
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Nebraska
Ainsworth, Nebraska First Church of the Nazarene, 1950s.
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Hastings, Nebraska First Church of the Nazarene, 1913
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New Jersey
Deep Water, New Jersey Church of the Nazarene
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New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM Church of the Nazarene on Apache St.
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New York
Adirondack Church of the Nazarene, Lake Placid, New York, 1978
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Boquet, Essex, New York. A beautiful “carpenter gothic” church building built in 1855 as St. John’s Episcopal Church. It was a Church of the Nazarene 1949-2005 (the last several years as part of “Eagles Rest.” Currently is Foothills Baptist Church. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 (photo from Wikipedia Commons).
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Brooklyn, NY, Community Worship Center Church of the Nazarene, once the Miller Memorial Church of the Nazarene, was built in 1877 as the East Reformed Church (photo from forgotten-ny.com).
View of the beautiful turret of the Community Worship Center Church of the Nazarene in Brooklyn, NY (photo from forgotten-ny.com).
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Manhattan, NY, The Lambs Church, Church of the Nazarene, 2005.
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Wilmington, NY Church of the Nazarene
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North Carolina
Burlington, North Carolina First Church of the Nazarene
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Ohio
Athens, Ohio First Church of the Nazarene
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Coshocton, Ohio Church of the Nazarene
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Girard, Ohio First Church of the Nazarene
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Hillsboro, Ohio Church of the Nazarene
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Payne, Ohio Church of the Nazarene
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Ripley, Ohio Church of the Nazarene, formerly the Associate Reformed Church, built in 1840 (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
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Portsmouth, OH Church of the Nazarene
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Warwick, OH Church of the Nazarene, 1937.
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Wellington, OH Church of the Nazarene. Built as a home prior to 1866, later became the Church of the Nazarene then was demolished in the 1950s (phto from 19thcenturywellington.wordpress.com).
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Whitehall, OH Church of the Nazarene.
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Oklahoma
Bethany, Oklahoma First Church of the Nazarene
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Bethany, Oklahoma Jernigan Memorial Church of the Nazarene
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Mangum, Oklahoma Church of the Nazarene
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Sallisaw, Oklahoma Church of the Nazarene
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Tulsa, OK First Church of the Nazarene.
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Oregon
Molalla, Oregon Church of the Nazarene
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Portland, Oregon Church of the Nazarene, built in 1921. Since 1993 has been the First Unitarian Church (photo from Wikimedia Commons).
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Salem, Oregon Church of the Nazarene, 1913-1931. Currently the Friends Meeting House (photo from salem-heritage-network-blogspot).
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Pennsylvania
Rockhill, Pennsylvania Church of the Nazarene
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Warren, Pennsylvania First Church of the Nazarene
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Tennessee
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Memphis, TN Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 1937.
Memphis, TN, Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 1940s.
Memphis, TN Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 1946.
Memphis (Cordova), TN Calvary Church of the Nazarene, 2001.
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Pelham, Tennesee Chapman’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene. Established in 1904/05 following the preaching ministry of J.B. Chapman.
Pelham, Tennessee Chapman’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene, 1940s.
Pelham, Tennessee Chapman’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene, 1960s.
Pelham, Tennessee Chapman’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene, 2005.
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Texas
Bonham, TX Church of the Nazarene, 1939.
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The Nazarene Chapel within Buffalo Gap Historic Village, built in 1902 and reconstructed/stabilized in 2014. The Buffalo Gap Church of the Nazarene was founded by Mary Lee Cagle in 1898. (Abilene Reporter-News photo, from http://nazarene.org/article/nazarenes-news-april-8-2016)
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Lufkin, Texas Church of the Nazarene, which was organized in 1908 (photo from NCNNews).
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Nocona, Texas Church of the Nazarene, 1940s
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Church of the Nazarene, San Benito, Texas (date unk)
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Utah
Kaysville, UT. Built in 1888 as a Presbyterian Church. Became a Church of the Nazarene sometime after 1917.
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Virginia
Arlington, VA Church of the Nazarene (photo from walkscore.com).
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Washington
Gig Harbor, Washington Church of the Nazarene. Dedicated in 1913 as a Presbyterian Church, is known in the community for its trolling bells every afternoon (photo from gigharbormarina.com).
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Yakima, Wahington Church of the Nazarene
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Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C. Mosaic Church of the Nazarene, 16th St. and Webster (photo from Library of Congress).
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West Virginia
Huntington, West Virginia Walnut Hills Church of the Nazarene, 1935 (photo from church FaceBook page).
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Wisconsin
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Unknown Location
Church of the Nazarene (unknown location)
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Posted by Sonia H. Zakaria on September 19, 2014 at 10:35 pm
I’m looking for The Nazarene Church in the State of New York. I was told about one
in the City of New Rochelle ! Is there any one in New York City, Manhattan ?
Please I would like to know. God’s Blessings !
Posted by Daryl Densford on September 20, 2014 at 10:26 pm
Sonia, Go to the side bar on the right side of this page and look for a picture of a church with the title, “Ready to visit? Find a local Church of the Nazarene.” Click on it and it will take you to the denomination local church search which will give you all of the details. I hope this helps!
Posted by Sonia H. Zakaria on September 19, 2014 at 10:39 pm
I’m trying to visit the Churchs here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please give me the name
of the Pastor in charge of the Churchs in the Cities of Mesquita & Nova Iguacu. in the
State of Rio de Janeiro.
God’s Blessings/Sonia.
Posted by Daryl Densford on September 21, 2014 at 2:58 pm
Sonia, It looks like there are 15 churches in Mesquita. You can see them here: http://app.nazarene.org/FindAChurch/results.jsp?n=&c=Mesquita&y=BR&s=&z=&l=&SearchChoice=
There are 18 churches in Nova Iguaçu. Here’s the link to those: http://app.nazarene.org/FindAChurch/results.jsp?n=&c=Nova+Igua%C3%A7u&y=BR&s=&z=&l=&SearchChoice=
Posted by Euva Phillips on March 24, 2015 at 7:37 pm
The last chuch picture is from Goshen, AR. My grandmother was a charter member of this church. That’s my grandfather’s barn in the back on the right side of the picture
Posted by Daryl Densford on August 9, 2015 at 2:31 am
Euva, Thank you so much for the information! Daryl
Posted by Shirley Eckenboy on March 17, 2023 at 8:23 pm
Wonderful history. I grew up in the Redding, CA Church of the Nazarene (1949-1960) then the Weaverville, CA church from 1960 until hs graduation in 1966. Went on to Pasadena College (now Pt. Loma Nazarene University). Now attend the Haven Church in Glendale, AZ.
Shirley Eckenboy