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Letter to the Editor: Our Sad Departure From the Church of the Nazarene Over Unbiblical Teachings

LTRP Note: For over a decade, Lighthouse Trails has been issuing warnings regarding the Church of the Nazarene’s embracing of contemplative and emergent teachings (i.e., Spiritual Formation). We have focused largely on the numerous Nazarene universities that have been training…

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Trevecca Nazarene University Continues To Promote Mystical Silence Instead of Biblical Prayer

By Manny Silva of Concerned Nazarenes “I am deepening in the mystical forms of prayer.” (Dan Boone) Thanks to the undiscerning “leadership” of President Dan Boone, Trevecca Nazarene students will have the opportunity to go on a mystical ride. Once…

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A Plea to the General Assembly 2013: Death of the Church of the Nazarene or Repentance?

LTRP Note: The following is written by one of the directors of Concerned Nazarenes, a group of Nazarenes who has been issuing warning to Nazarene leaders and church members about contemplative/emerging spirituality and how it is affecting their denomination. This article…

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Conflicting Reports: Nazarene Superintendent Says Nazarene Church Not Emergent versus Olivet Nazarene University Welcomes Emergent Mystic

QUESTION: IS THE NAZARENE CHURCH STILL PROMOTING THE EMERGING CHURCH AND CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY? SIDE ONE:  “Our General Leaders have taken a very clear stand concerning the emergent church.” – Nazarene District Superintendent SIDE TWO: “I grew up a Roman Catholic…

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Olivet Nazarene University 105th School Added to Lighthouse Trails Contemplative School List

On Saturday morning, Lighthouse Trails received an e-mail from a concerned parent whose child is attending Olivet Nazarene University. The parent told us that Richard Foster’s book Celebration of Discipline is part of a required Freshman course. We have also…

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‘Mysticism’ infecting Nazarene beliefs . . . and more of the story

On April 14th, OneNewsNow, an affiliate of American Family Association, released a small article titled “‘Mysticism’ infecting Nazarene beliefs.” The article brought attention to Manny Silva of Stand for Truth Ministries. Silva has been active in trying to warn Nazarenes about…

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Update on the Church of the Nazarene and the Emerging/Contemplative Movement: Where are the Battlegrounds?

by Reformed Nazarene The Emergent Church Movement is a serious problem for the Christian church.  It threatens practically all Christians regardless of denomination.  I’ve been a Nazarene all my life, but if you are reading this and are anything but…

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Nazarene Pastor Fired For Fighting Emergent Ideology

by Manny Silva Concerned Nazarenes Disturbing trends continue to develop in our denomination.  Recently, I sent out a prayer request for a pastor and his church that decided to leave the Nazarene denomination, rather than stay and bow to emergent…

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“Spiritual Formation” (i.e., “40 Days of Reflection & Growth”) at Trevecca Nazarene University

by Sandy Simpson Deception in the Church Ministries The Emerging Church (EC) and New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) have many things in common, which has been proved again and again by the cooperation and even mentorship across the lines of EC…

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Northwest Nazarene University President Responds Regarding New Spirituality Speaker

The following pertains to our January 25 article, Buddhist/Universalist Sympathizer Woos Nazarene Students at NNU. NNU’s president, Dr. David Alexander, has issued the following response to an undisclosed number of concerned Nazarenes. We are posting this and also our comments and…

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Buddhist/Universalist Sympathizer Woos Nazarene Students at NNU

Below is a link to a video* of a lecture that took place at Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho, one of the Nazarene Universities that is strongly promoting the contemplative/emerging spirituality. The lecture, presented by NNU Thomas Oord and College of Idaho, Denny Clark, was taught by Dr. Jay…

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G12 Master Plan Could Expose Thousands of Nazarenes to Contemplative/Emerging Spirituality

by Philip Gray Free-Lance Writer “Training Today’s Leaders for Tomorrow’s Churches” is the motto for New Church Specialties, a Christian consulting organization that largely reaches Nazarenes. But New Church Specialties and the affiliated New Church University (where pastors and leaders…

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