Since the time when Jesus Christ lived, died, was resurrected and ascended back to into heaven, there have been people who placed their faith in Christ and in so doing became Christians. The Christian Church grew so fast that within three hundred years of Christ's death it had become the most powerful force in the Roman world.

All through the centuries there have been people around the world who have discovered that Jesus Christ is able to bring forgiveness for sin and peace with God. These Christians have joined together in churches in order that they might worship God and encourage one another.

The first Church of the Nazarene was a single congregation organised in 1895, in Los Angeles, California. Between 1896 and 1958 eleven small denominations, all of whom shared the desire to live entirely devoted to God, joined together in a series of unions. Three of these small denominations were British, some were from Canada and others from the USA. The union which took place in 1908 is now remembered as the official beginning of the Church of the Nazarene.

Since its beginning in 1908 with 228 churches and 10,500 members, the Church of the Nazarene is now working in 159 world areas, with 2.15 million members. There are more than 700 contracted missionaries. The Church is known to be in the Methodist tradition since the teachings of John Wesley are respected and a large percentage of the early Nazarenes came from the Methodist Church.