The Church of the Nazarene in

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

is a part of the international

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, Lenexa within Johnson Cou ...

History

The Christian denomination entered Trinidad and Tobago in 1926 by sending USA

missionary A missionary is a member of a religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thomas Hale 'On Being a Mi ...

couple James and Nora Hill and

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missionary Carlotta Urchilla Graham. Their labor culminated in the incorporation of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Act of Parliament in 1974. The story of the growth of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is recorded in the book, A History of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago by Dr. Gelien Matthews. In 2013, the

in Trinidad and Tobago has approximately 4,000 members in 31 congregations,Annual Assembly Journal of the Church of the Nazarene Trinidad and Tobago District 2013 and is part of the Mesoamerica Region of the International Church of the Nazarene. The growth of the Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago has also been tied to the establishment of a Nazarene College (NTC then CNTC and no
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in Trinidad. This story has been vividly captured in the book, Triumph in Trinidad-God's Promises never failed by USA missionary Dr. Ruth O. Saxon, who served as Professor, Academic Dean, and President in her forty-three years at the College, and as a Supply Pastor to a number of Local churches. The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is led by the ministry of the District Superintendent. In the early years the church was led by American District Superintendents Raymond Miller (1949–55), Prescott Beals (1955-57), Wesley Harmon (1958–63), and William Fowler (1963–71). The first Local District Superintendent was Hugh Mc Kenzie (1971–75). He was followed by nationals Farrell Chapman (1975–83), Carl Bompart (1983-86), Clifford Manswell (1986-2006).Annual Assembly Journal of the Church of the Nazarene Trinidad and Tobago District 1956 - 2012 The Church of the Nazarene in Trinidad and Tobago is currently led by District Superintendent, the Rev. Dr. Victor Everton George, who assumed this ministry in 2006.

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Church of the Nazarene Congregations in Trinidad & Tobago

Evangelical denominations in North America

History

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Church of the Nazarene Congregations in Trinidad & Tobago