Our Purpose
Joshua Jones - Senior Pastor
Josh has been pastor of Harbor Nazarene Church since December 2015. He and his beautiful wife, Carrie, have three daughters: Lily, Emma, and Margo.
Education is an important part of his life. After graduating from Olivet Nazarene University with a B.A. in Religion, he went on to complete his Master of Divinity from Nazarene Theological Seminary.
An avid Purdue fan, Josh is also a lover of all things basketball, video games, cooking, time with family and friends, and telling bedtime stories to his girls.
Caitlynn Carpenter - Children’s Pastor
Caitlynn became children’s pastor at Harbor in the fall of 2021. She and her husband, Keith, have been married since 2015 and have two beautiful children, Asher and Ella. Caitlynn has worked in children’s ministries for seven years and loves being able to teach and show Jesus’s love to our children.
“I feel led to children’s ministry because I know that this is how we continue the church, in bringing the next generation closer to Jesus. I want to walk with you in your journey to help guide your children to a better relationship with God. Together, we can build our children a firm foundation.”
Harbor Leadership Team
Missy Nowling - Secretary of Board
Keith Carpenter
Megan Foster
Cindy Shrout
Jason Wear - NDI President
Dawn Bonbrake - NMI President
“Welcome to the Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant Christian church in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition, tracing its roots to an anniversary date of 1908. It was founded to spread the message of scriptural holiness (Christlike living) across the lands. Today the Church of the Nazarene is located in 159 world areas.
The Church of the Nazarene is a Great Commission church. Our mission is to make Christlike disciples in the nations. We believe that God offers to everyone forgiveness, peace, joy, purpose, love, meaning in life, and the promise of heaven when life is over by entering and experiencing a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We are called to take this message to people everywhere.
The Church of the Nazarene is also a holiness church. We believe that Christians can experience a deeper level of life in which there is victory over sin, power to witness and serve, and a richer fellowship with God, all through the infilling of the Holy Spirit.””
