WE ARE NAZARENES WHERE DID WE COME FROM? Out of Many, One 1887-1890 New England: Providence, Rhode Island, church, founded in 1887, joins other holiness churches in 1890 to form the denomination's oldest parent body. 1894: Tennessee: New Testament Church of Christ originates. 1895: New York City: Association of Pentecostal Churches of America organizes. 1895: California: Los Angeles First Church of the Nazarene is established. 1896: New England and New York groups unite as Association of Pentecostal Churches of America. 1901 : Texas: Independent Holiness Church originates. 1904: Tennessee and Texas groups unite as the Holiness Church of Christ. 1907: Association of Pentecostal Churches of America and the Church of the Nazarene unite as the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. 1908: The Holiness Church of Christ joins the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene. 1915: Pentecostal Mission and the Pentecostal Church of Scotland join the Nazarenes. 1919: Fifth General Assembly shortens the church's name to Church of the Nazarene. CHURCH OF THE 100 years Nazarene OF HOLlINESS Centennial Sunday: October 5, 2008 Don't miss the start of the next 100 years.