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Rev. Josh T Lively

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Registered Evangelist
Ordained 1990

“Therefore since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart; But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”
II Corinthians 4:1-2 (NKJV)

ABOUT ME

I married my sweetheart of five years in 1978.  We have three daughters.  I was called to serve God and His Church in 1984.  I then enrolled at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.  I graduated and was ordained in 1990.  I served as a senior pastor from 1988 until I became an evangelist in 2001. 

MISSION STATEMENT

I covenant to make the mission of my life the worship of God and the leading of others in the same loyalty to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as an evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene.

THEOLOGICAL STATEMENT

I covenant to promote, through my life and ministry, my God-given heritage in the Wesleyan holiness persuasion, especially the doctrine of entire sanctification as a second work of grace, and will faithfully encourage all persons to pursue with vigor the mind of Christ and to be more conformed to His image.


WE ARE A HOLINESS PEOPLE

God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit"-cleansing us from all sin; renewing us in the image of God: empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.

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Josh T Lively
1012 Harwood Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43228
 
Phone: (614) 578-0118

These are the beliefs Nazarenes hold to be true. They are common to Christians world-wide:

We believe in one God who has expressed himself in personal ways. We know God's personality as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe the Bible communicates God's saving message and is our reliable authority in all matters related to faith and Christian living.

We believe that all humankind struggles with a downward pull.

We believe that unless we experience God's help and salvation through a faith commitment to Jesus Christ, our future is one of eternal separation from God and all that is good.

We believe the love and grace of God is extended to every person in the provision Jesus Christ made in his death and resurrection. By turning from our own selfishness and trusting Jesus Christ, we experience a new life, being freed from the old patterns of self-destructive acts called sin.

We believe our new life in Jesus Christ is the gateway to transformation. Following our moment of faith in Jesus, we believe there is another moment in which we present our life completely to Christ in order to live under his authority and to experience his transforming power.

We believe that Christian experience is more than a change of mind. It is accompanied by assurance that is grounded in both the Scriptures as well as the inner witness of God's Spirit.

We believe that all who live for Jesus Christ have an eternal future. Our belief in such a future includes both the fulfillment of God's creative purpose as well as the accountability of all persons endowed with the power of choice.

 
Holiness Unto the Lord

Nazarene Websites
Central Ohio District:  http://www.conaz.org
West Virginia North District:  http://www.wvnd.org
Nazarene Publishing House:  http://nph.com
Revivalism Ministries:  www.nazarenerevivalism.org
Find a Nazarene Church:  http://map.nazarene.org
Hilliard Community Church of the Nazarene:  http://www.hilliardnaz.com/mambo/