Las Flores Church in Carlsbad is a Church of the Nazarene congregation tracing its origins to 1948, when 22 founding members gathered in an Oceanside home to establish what was then the Oceanside Church of the Nazarene. The congregation relocated to 1400 Las Flores Drive in old Carlsbad as North County grew, joining the cluster of established houses of worship in the 92008 corridor that includes St. Michael's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church on Carlsbad Boulevard. Sunday worship blends contemporary and traditional hymns within the Nazarene denomination's Wesleyan-holiness theological tradition, emphasizing sanctification and personal spiritual growth. Children's ministry and a Thursday evening youth program extend the weekly calendar beyond the main worship gathering into family-focused discipleship. Seasonal services for Advent, Lent, and Easter feature sanctuary floral installations sourced from Carlsbad's specialty floral industry, a craft practiced by artisan studios like Ohana Creations Floral Designs & Events. As part of the Church of the Nazarene's global network of more than 31,000 congregations across 164 world areas, the Las Flores campus connects its Carlsbad ministry to a Wesleyan-holiness denomination headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas.