Six Things 1915 Was Doing at Once
1915 was more than a year of loss in Nazarene history. Missions expanded, leadership structures changed, women’s missionary work gained wider organization, education continued, and ordinary church life carried on while Bresee and Wilson died within weeks of one another.
The Question Behind Bresee’s Last Assembly
Bresee’s final General Assembly was more than a meeting remembered because of his death. It was a moment when a young Nazarene denomination was expanding its mission and reshaping its leadership for the future.
The Two Empty Chairs of 1915
In 1915, the young Church of the Nazarene was expanding its mission while losing two general superintendents. The empty chairs reveal both the pain of leadership loss and the deeper foundation of the church.