Phineas F. Bresee was the primary founder of the Church of the Nazarene, and founding president of Point Loma Nazarene University.
Bresee
Painting of Bresee on display at the World Methodist Museum, Lake Junaluska, NC
The Church of the Nazarene is a Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. With its members commonly referred to as Nazarenes, it is the largest denomination in the world aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and is a member of the World Methodist Council.
Phineas Bresee sought to return to John Wesley's original goals of preaching the good news of the gospel to the poor and underprivileged.
Former International Headquarters of the Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City
The Global Ministry Center, designed by 360 Architecture, in Lenexa opened in 2008
First Church of the Nazarene in Cambridge, Massachusetts