Point Loma Nazarene University
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History
In 1895, Dr. Phineas F. Bresee, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Dr. J.P. Widney, a Methodist layman and former President of the University of Southern California, founded the Church of the Nazarene in Los Angeles. Their primary purpose was to bring the good news of the gospel to the poor and underprivileged.
In 1902, Dr. Bresee founded Pacific Bible College in Los Angeles, California, at the urging of several laypersons. The institution was to train ministerial and lay leadership for the new denomination. Pacific Bible College is the predecessor of Point Loma Nazarene University.
In 1910, the College purchased the Hugus Ranch property in Pasadena, California, and moved the campus to the Pasadena site. The scope of the curriculum was enlarged to include a typical program in the liberal arts. The school grew as Pasadena College, receiving accreditation from Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools in 1943, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1949.
In 1973, the College was relocated on the historic Point Loma peninsula in San Diego where it thrived for ten years as Point Loma College: An Institution of the Church of the Nazarene. In 1983, the name was changed to Point Loma Nazarene College and in 1998 it was changed to Point Loma Nazarene University.
Religious affiliation
Point Loma Nazarene University is the official University of the Southwest Educational Region of the Church of the Nazarene. A Board of Trustees, composed of an equal number of ministers and laypersons, oversees the affairs of the University. Board members are nominated from eleven districts in the region and elected to the Board to serve on the self-perpetuating body.
The relationship of the University and the Church of the Nazarene is characterized by a mutual commitment to the doctrine and mission. In this relationship the University provides quality leaders for Christian service within social, civic, business, and church communities.
The Church of the Nazarene is an international Protestant denomination in the holiness tradition. The Church is firmly Wesleyan in doctrine and evangelical in mission. Its polity is representative. Emphasis is given to the conversion of sinners, the entire sanctification of believers, and the spreading of the gospel to every person. The Church is a member of the Christian Holiness Partnership and the National Association of Evangelicals.
Contact information
- Point Loma Nazarene University
- 3900 Lomaland Drive
- San Diego, CA 92106
- (800) 733-7770
See also
External link
- Point Loma Nazarene University (http://www.ptloma.edu/)