Unlike some other branches of the Froelich Family of churches, membership is respected across most of the ACCA and ACCN with closed events such as Testimonies/Provings being open to members of both subdemoninations.
The church was founded in the early 1830s by Samuel Heinrich Fröhlich, a young seminary student in Switzerland, who had experienced a biblical conversion.
Froehlich's attitudes and biblical understandings were shaped, in part, by the Sixteenth Century Anabaptists, whose doctrinal motto was "Sola Scriptura."
The church has continued over the years to diligently follow New Testament teachings, and to regard the entire Word as infallible and inerrant.
"[4] The group survives today primarily as the Nazirineni church in Romania, Nazarénusok in Transylvania and Hungary, with around 1,000 members.
[5][6][7][8] The Nazarenes were widely persecuted by their European authorities due their stance on peace and objection to weapons or war.
Along with missionary work, the church also engages and operates in several nursing homes, schools, charities and orphanages.