ABOUT US

Learn about Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene

WELCOME

Our Sunday worship services generally last from 10:30 am to approximatgely11:50 am, conducted in our beautiful sanctuary. Most of our congregation dress informally, and our worship style is basically "middle of the road"--not too formal, not too informal. It's not unusual for people to say "Amen" and to lift their hands in worship. We use a mixture or both live and video-based worship music, both contemporary and traditional. We want you to feel at home in lifting the name of Jesus with us in every service as we praise Him and hear powerful messages from God's Word.

OUR STAFF

Meet the Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene team

Terry Simpkins

Lead Pastor

Michael Atkinson

Associate Pastor, Treasurer and Missions Director

Jonathan Wright

Director of Nazarene Discipleship International

STATEMENT OF MISSION

Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene

The mission of the Church of the Nazarene is to make Christlike disciples in the nations.

We are a Great Commission church. As a global community of faith, we are commissioned to take the Good News of life in Jesus Christ to people everywhere and to spread the message of scriptural holiness across the lands.

 

The Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene bonds together individuals who have made Jesus Christ Lord of their lives, sharing in Christian fellowship, and seeking to strengthen each other in faith development through worship, preaching, training, and service to others.

 

We strive to express the compassion of Jesus Christ to all persons along with our personal commitment to Christlike living. While the primary motive of the church is to glorify God, we also are called to actively participate in His mission — reconciling the world to himself.

 

The statement of mission contains historical essentials of our mission: Evangelism, Sanctification, Discipleship, Compassion. The essence of holiness is Christlikeness. Nazarenes are becoming a sent people-into homes, work places, communities, and villages as well as other cities and countries. Missionaries are now sent from all regions of the world. God continues calling ordinary people to do extraordinary things made possible by the person of the Holy Spirit. 

BASIC BELIEFS

These are the beliefs Nazarenes hold to be true:

TRINITY

SCRIPTURE

SINFUL NATURE

ETERNITY

SALVATION

SANCTIFICATION

THE HOLY SPIRIT

CHRIST'S RETURN

MISSION AND VISION

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Church of the Nazarene is to make Christlike disciples in the nations. We are a Great Commission church (Matthew 28:19-20). As a global community of faith, we are commissioned to take the Good News of life in Jesus Christ to people everywhere and to spread the message of scriptural holiness (Christlike living) across the lands. Nazarenes are becoming a sent people— into homes, work places, communities, and villages, as well as other cities and countries. Missionaries are now sent from all regions of the world. God continues calling ordinary people to do extraordinary things made possible by the person of the Holy Spirit.

VISION STATMENT

Becoming a Spirit-filled community exalting and sharing Jesus

A MISSIONAL PEOPLE

We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His kingdom (Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1).

 

Our mission begins in worship, ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.

GREENBRIER VALLEY CHURCH HISTORY

Serving the Lewisburg, West Virginia community.

Greenbrier Valley Church of the Nazarene has been a faithful presence in the Lewisburg, West Virginia community for decades, rooted in the mission of sharing the message of Christ and serving the Greenbrier Valley.

 

The church’s story traces back to 1975, when a Nazarene congregation was established in the area, becoming part of the broader Church of the Nazarene, a denomination founded in 1908 with roots in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement.

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