WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT WORSHIP
WE BELIEVE WORSHIP OF GOD SHOULD BE SPIRITUAL. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.

WE BELIEVE WORSHIP OF GOD SHOULD BE INSPIRATIONAL. Therefore, we give great place to music in our worship.

WE BELIEVE WORSHIP OF GOD SHOULD BE INTELLIGENT. Therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis on teaching the Word of God that He might instruct us how He would be worshipped.

WE BELIVE WORSHIP OF GOD IS FRUITFUL. Therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been worshiping Him.



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
Roseburg Church on the Rise is a dynamic Church proclaiming the Word of God.

We purpose to love and embrace all God's people by rescuing the perishing, restoring the broken and "Making Disciples of Jesus Christ in Douglas County and throughout the world."

1. Magnifying and exalting God through worship;
2. Strengthening the believer;
3. Building the family;
4. Equipping the believers for ministry;
5. Evangelizing our world for Christ.


DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
The doctrines upon which the church rests as essential to Christian experience are brief:
"WE Believe:

1. In God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We especially emphasize the deity of Jesus Christ and the personality of the Holy Spirit.

2. That the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.

3. That man is born in sin.

4. That he needs the work of forgiveness through Christ and new birth by the Holy Spirit.

5. That subsequent to this there is a deeper work of heart cleansing or entire sanctification through the infilling of the Holy Spirit.

6. That to each of these works of grace the Holy Spirit gives witness.

7. In the Bible doctrine of divine healing and urge our people to seek to offer the prayer of faith for the healing of the sick. Providential means and agencies when deemed necessary should not be refused.

8. That our Lord will return, the dead shall be raised, and that all shall come to final judgment with its rewards and punishments.


HISTORICAL STATEMENT
The Christian Church came into being in the first century, following the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and subsequent to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. In the year 323, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. The Roman Catholic Church was the dominant organization.

In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation, led by Martin Luther and others, gave birth to many of the great denominations we know today. In the eighteenth century the Evangelical Revival occurred in England, nurtured chiefly by the ministry of John and Charles Wesley and George Whitefield. Their emphasis was upon living a victorious life through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Out of this the Methodist movement was born.

As the years passed the preaching and teaching of the doctrine of the Spirit-filled life, sometimes called entire sanctification or Christian holiness, began to wane. This resulted in the organization of such denominations as the Wesleyan Methodist and Free Methodist churches, which sought to revive the doctrinal emphasis of John Wesley. There was a widespread holiness revival not only in Methodism itself, but also among most Protestant denominations. Out of this revival many holiness associations were formed and began to band together for mutual encouragement and support. It was out of this movement that the Church of the Nazarene was born.

The first "Church of the Nazarene" was organized in 1895 in Los Angeles, California, under the inspired leadership of Dr. Phineas F. Bresee. In ten years time, dozens of churches had been organized under the Nazarene banner. Dr. Bresee's burning passion was to spread scriptural holiness around the world. This has continued to be the motivation behind the church throughout its history.

As time went by, numbers of independent Wesleyan groups began to talk of uniting. October 13, 1908 marked the official date of the formation of the Church of the Nazarene in Pilot Point, Texas, with several associations joining them. Subsequently, other groups have chosen to come under the Nazarene banner, not only in the United States, but also in other parts of the world.

Beginning with 228 churches and 10,500 members in 1908, the Church of the Nazarene is now represented in over 143 countries of the world and has a membership of well over 650,000 with a wider constituency of perhaps 1,500,000.