Engaging both the sacramental commitment and diversity of baptismal
practices within the Church of the Nazarene, this study pursues the development
of a local congregation's receptivity of a further ritual of confirmation. Through
the experience of Lowell First Church of the Nazarene, this study offers a proactive
methodology for determining the potential and need for introducing such a
further worship practice. Offering educational opportunities and practical
resources for bridging Nazarene practices and ecclesiological understandings,
this project communicates the possibility that a pastoral opportunity for education
in worship preparation and practices can combine with the congregation's
personal understandings and experiences to nurture a healthy congregational
holiness identity.