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Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a Nazarene liberal arts university in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Named for its founding location, Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. In the late 1930s, it moved to the campus in Bourbonnais. The university is affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene and is the annual site of the church's Regional Celebrate Life youth gathering for the Central USA Region. It is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities.
Trevecca Nazarene University (TNU) is a private Christian liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A. Trevecca was founded in 1901. Trevecca's mission is "a Christian community providing education for leadership and service."
Jerry D. Porter is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
John W. Goodwin (1869–1945) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Hardy C. Powers (1900–1972) was an American minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. A native of Texas, Dr. Hardy C. Powers was converted in the Alhambra, California Church of the Nazarene, and took theological training for the ministry at Pasadena College in Pasadena, California. After 12 years in the pastorate and 8 years as superintendent of the Iowa District, Dr. Powers was elected to the general superintendency in 1944, and served in this capacity until his retirement in 1968. He was general superintendent emeritus until his death in 1972.
Daniel Isom Vanderpool (1891-1988) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. Born September 6, 1891, in Missouri, Dr. Daniel Isom Vaderpool was converted in a Free Methodist Church and began preaching in country schoolhouses within three months. Joining the Church of the Nazarene in 1913, Dr. Vanderpool was educated at John Fletcher and Pasadena (Nazarene) colleges. Nineteen years as district superintendent preceded his election to the general superintendency in 1949. He served in this position until 1964. After retirement in that year he became general superintendent emeritus. Death came on March 21, 1988 with burial in Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary & Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa County,
Arizona.
Hugh C. Benner (1899–1975) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He started the history department at the Eastern Nazarene College in 1921, and Benner Hall and Benner Library on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University are named after him. Dr. Benner was born near Marion, Ohio. Dr. Benner was ordained in 1923 by Nazarene General Superintendent Roy T. Williams. After serving the Church as a college professor and later as a pastor at Santa Monica, California; Spokane, Washington; and Kansas City First Church, Dr. Benner was elected the first president of the Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1944. He was elected general superintendent in 1952 and served in this position until retirement in 1968. He was general superintendent emeritus until his death in 1975 in Leawood, Kansas.
Orville W. Jenkins was an American minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
W. Talmadge Johnson is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Jim L. Bond is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was elected at the 24th General Assembly in San Antonio, Texas, in June 1997 and served until retirement in July 2005.
William Marvin Greathouse was a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He was born in Van Buren, Arkansas.
Jerald D. Johnson is a minister and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Raymond W. Hurn (1921–2007) was a minister and general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
William J. Prince was a minister, college president, and emeritus general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene.
Paul G. Cunningham is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
Jesse C. Middendorf is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
J. K. Warrick is a minister and general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene.
E. LeBron Fairbanks is a retired American ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene who is President emeritus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University, President emeritus of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and who served the Church of the Nazarene as the Education Commissioner from March 2008 to September 2011. Additionally, Fairbanks was an editor in the Church Schools Department of the Church of the Nazarene in Kansas City, Missouri; Academic Dean of European Nazarene Bible College in Busingen, Germany (1978–1982); Associate Professor of Christian Education and Lay Ministry Development, and Coordinator of the Master of Ministry program at Bethany Nazarene College (1982–1984); the 2nd President of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Taytay, Rizal, the Philippines from September 1984 to July 1989; and the 5th President of Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU) in Mount Vernon, Ohio for over 17 years from July 1989 until his retirement on January 31, 2007.
