We strive to show the love of Christ in tangible, life-changing ways. Our purpose is to love the Lord our God with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves (Matthew 22:34-40), and to share the good news of the Gospel to all (Matthew 28:19-20).

Rosewood Lane Church of the Nazarene is evangelical in nature; we emphasize salvation by repentance (Acts 2:38, II Corinthians 7:10) and faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31, Ephesians 2:8-9).

We believe that this great work of God's grace is available to all. We are a Bible believing, Bible teaching church. We have Sunday School and activities for all ages, including infants, children, teens, adults and senior adults. See our Events page for upcoming activities. Come join us and see what we are all about.

Rosewood Lane Church of the Nazarene began as a home-mission church in 1961. Rev. Lowell Drake, Pastor of Salt Lake City First Church of the Nazarene and Rev. Robert Knighton, Pastor of Ogden Church of the Nazarene, and their congregations sponsored the Rosewood Lane Church. The original church was located at 94 East Center, Kaysville. Services were held in the home of Rev. Joe Needham while work was being done on that original building. After Rev. Needham left Rev. Garrison was appointed to pastor the church.

When Rev. Knighton's term ended in Ogden, he came to Kaysville and started holding services in his home at 92 West First North (which was torn down in 1969). He repaired the leased building and began holding services there.

He was followed by Rev. Francis Aeschliman, who pastored the church as a home mission project for some 18 months. Pastor Franklin Butler came to pastor in June 1961 and the church was organized under his ministry in March 1964. On June 1, 1967, the church broke ground for a new building in Layton at the churches current site (455 E. Rosewood Lane in Layton) and moved into the unfinished building on June 1, 1968. The building was dedicated June 22, 1969.

The following is a record of pastors since Rosewood Lane Church of the Nazarene was organized in 1964:

Name of Pastor	Began	Ended
Rev. Franklin P. Butler	June, 1961	June 22, 1969
Rev. Robert C. Whybrew	January, 1970	1972
Rev. T. N. Watkins	September 5, 1972	September 7, 1973
Rev. E. G. and Shirley Vevig	November 4, 1973
Rev. Lowel P. Drake, Jr.	1976	1978
Rev. Douglas L. Human	June 28, 1978	October, 1981
Rev. Keith E. Arnold	March 28, 1982	October 9, 1983
Rev. Carl N. Baker	November 13, 1983	July 12, 1987
Rev. Donald O. Barebo	October 5, 1987	May 28, 1995
Rev. Benjamin L. Turner	September 10, 1995	September 21, 2003
Rev. Lester W. Bouck	February 1, 2004	December 31, 2006
Rev. David E. Bassett, Jr.	July 16, 2007	July 31, 2009
Rev. Joel Gay	April 25, 2010	Present

Beliefs of the Church of the Nazarene

The Church of the Nazarene is a global community of faith composed of individuals who have made Jesus Christ Lord of their lives. We share our life together in Christian fellowship, seeking to strengthen each other in faith development through worship, teaching, preaching, fellowship and service. Beyond this, we strive to express the compassion of Jesus Christ to all persons along with our personal commitment to Christ like living.

Eight Agreed Statements

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

We believe in one God-the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the trinity).
We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
We believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is, therefore, inclined to evil, and that continually.
We believe that the finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
We believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
We believe that believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
We believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.