Service Times
Sunday: 9:30am, 10:45am, 6pm
Wednesday: 7pm
History
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Fairmont Central Church of the Nazarene was established on October 24, 1976, under the leadership of Dr. M. E. Clay, WV District Superintendent. The church was first organized as a home mission work by the district, but has been a solid, self-supporting church for over thirty years.
Fairmont had been a home mission target area for a second church for some time. Fairmont Central Church of the Nazarene, which occupied the former home of the Central Christian Church, seats over 200 and houses a Sunday school of 200 to 250.
Fairmont Central Church of the Nazarene was launched in a rally on October 22, 1976, with over 200 people in attendance. Churches from the Fairmont zone attended and gave their full support.
The first regular services were held on October 24, 1976, with 59 people in attendance. Rev. Donnell Armstrong was appointed pastor. Armstrong and his family came to Fairmont from Ronceverte. Fairmont First contributed several families to the church. Also, Morgantown church gave some people.
Fairmont Central offers Sunday school for all ages of children and adults. Worship services are held on Sunday mornings and evenings, followed by mid-week Wednesday evening service. Our former District Superintendent, Rev. Wesley Frederick, selected Central Church to receive the "Mountaineer Merit Award" for the most improved church on the West Virginia North District for 1998-1999. Our congregation, along with our pastor, Rev. Doug Hendrixson, invites you to come and visit our growing church family and enjoy the freedom of worshiping our Lord and Savior.
Former Pastors
Rev. Donnell Armstrong
Rev. William Reed
Rev. James Moss
Rev. Harold Eaton
Rev. H. Wayde Hunt
Rev. Robert Green
Rev. John Anderson
Mission
We Will Seek To Fullfill Our Mission By...
Establishing a welcoming atmosphere that invites everyone to an uplifting encounter with the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Valuing each person as a masterpiece of God, created for a purpose in the Body of Christ.
Encouraging Christian Growth Through...
Establishing a daily routine of personal Bible study, prayer, and reflection.
Attending weekly Sunday School classes, Bible studies, and worship services.
Sharing the love of Jesus in word and deed.
Serving in the ministry needs of the church.
Supporting the local church financially through tithes (10%) and offerings.
Beliefs
These are the beliefs Nazarenes hold to be true:
We believe in one God-the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
We believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is, therefore, inclined to evil, and that continually.
We believe that the finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
We believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
We believe that believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
We believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.
The Manual of the Church of the Nazarene
Paragraphs 26.1-26.8
03/06
Heritage
The Church of the Nazarene
An International Church
The Church of the Nazarene has its roots in the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. The name comes from one of the names of our Lord, "Jesus the Nazarene". As such, we are simply a Christian Church that seeks to exalt Christ and encourage Christians to live a life of consistent holiness.
But from a historical standpoint, the Church of the Nazarene owes its own beginnings to a renewed interest in scriptural holiness from within the Protestant religions (particularly Methodists) which took place near the close of the 19th century throughout the United States. Various groups of people came together to share their faith and to support one another. A small congregation which began in 1895 in Los Angeles with Dr. Phineas F. Bresee as Pastor was the first "Church of the Nazarene." Dr. Bresee, a personable and well educated man, who always spoke to the members of his church as individuals, hoped to carry the message of "scriptural holiness" all over the world.
Many churches on the West Coast and in Mid-America aligned with the "Church of the Nazarene". They were joined by a group from the South which solidified their organization. October 13, 1908 is the official date for the formation of the Church of the Nazarene. Throughout the world, groups have continued to become a part of the Nazarene denomination. You can find the church in over 116 countries with well over one million members. In the spirit of Dr. Bresee's prayers for a universal sharing, we continue to carry the love and the words of the scriptures throughout the world.
Organized October 8, 1908, in Pilot Point, Texas, the Church of the Nazarene has made its headquarters home in Kansas City, Mo., since 1919. Nazarene Headquarters provides support services to almost 1.2 million members worshiping in more than 11,480 churches in the United States, Canada, and 111 other world areas.
This includes maintaining ministerial credentials, coordinating the support and sending of missionaries, developing Sunday school and discipleship curriculum, providing retirement support programs for pastors, encouraging the planting of new churches, developing radio programs for outreach to all parts of the globe, and much more.
Founded in 1911, the Nazarene Publishing House is the largest publisher of Wesleyan-Holiness literature in the world. Products include Sunday school curriculum, music, drama resources, periodicals, and books. NPH prints more than 600,000 books annually, in addition to a wide variety of periodicals and other publications.
Nazarenes support ten liberal arts institutions in the United States, Canada, and the British Isles, as well as four seminaries and 35 Bible colleges. The church operates three hospitals, 35 medical clinics, three nurses training colleges, one teacher training college, and more than 370 primary and secondary schools outside the United States and Canada.
The Church of the Nazarene holds denominational membership in both the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) and the Christian Holiness Association (CHA).
Times
Saturday
Men's Prayer Meeting 7am (Sanctuary)
Sunday
Sunday School 9:30am
Morning Worship 10:45am
Evening Worship 6pm
NYI Meeting 6pm
Children's Quizzing 6pm (September-April)
Nursery is provided during all services for children ages birth to 2 years.
Monday
MOMMIE Group 9am (Parsonage)
Wednesday
Prayer Meeting 7pm (Sanctuary)
NYI Meeting 7pm
Children's Service 7pm (Ages 3-11)
Directions
We are located in the hills of West Virginia and would love to have you come and worship with us!
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Our Pastors
Rev. Doug Hendrixson, Senior Pastor
Hometown: Mason, OH
Trevecca Nazarene University '87
Religion and Philosophy
Fairmont Central Church of the Nazarene
July 2001-Present
Contact Rev. Hendrixson:
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Phone: (304) 209.0044
Rev. Craig Ewing, Associate Pastor
Hometown: Titusville, PA
Nazarene Bible College '87
Biblical Studies
Worship Leader
October 1996-Present
Contact Rev. Ewing:
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Phone: (412) 327.6293
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