History of Holiness
History of Holiness
Wesley's Time
 Religion was intellectual assent to creeds
 Deism
 Denial of religion altogether
 Society was degraded
 Commoners worked 12-18 hrs/day
 Child labor was common
 Wages paid in alcohol
 Immorality and incest
 Tickets to/concessions at hangings
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Wesley's Journey
 The Holy Club
 In graduate school at Oxford
 Very disciplined—time management
 Achieve holiness by works
 Trip to America
 Met Moravians during storm on ship
 Mission to Indians
 Pastored in Georgia
 Returned to England
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Wesley's Journey
 Returned to England
 Holy Club meeting on Aldersgate St.
 Saved May 24, 1738
 Wesley's theology
 All-defiling sin of man
 All-embracing love of God
 Atoning death of Christ
 Assuring Spirit
 All-conforming love of God
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 Wesley's Emphases
 Salvationheart changelife change
 Ecumenism
 Discipline
 Evangelism
 Social concern
 Simplicity of life and dress
 Wesley's Holiness
 A period of dying
 A moment of death
 A witness of the Spirit
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Methodist Church
 Forced out of Anglican Churches
 Began preaching in streets and fields
 Worked among the poor
 Evangelized the British empire
 Evangelized the world
 Methodist failures (late 1800's)
 Affluence/Respectability
 Liberal Scholarship
 Loss of Vision/Vitality
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American Methodist Church
 Settlers brought Methodism to America
 Popular in South, West
 Calvinism popular in New England
 Neglect of Holiness (1800's)
 Wars (Revolution, 1812)
 Affluence
 Westward expansion
 Slavery
 Holiness: Instantaneous or Progressive?
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Holiness Movement
Tuesday Morning Prayer Meeting—1835
 Prayer, testimony, requests
 Became center for holiness seekers
 Phoebe Palmer: "The Shorter Way"
 Entire Consecration
 Perfect yielding and constant reliance
 Faith in God's promise
 Feeling or not
 Testimony to the experience
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Holiness Movement
National Campmeeting Association 1875
 Interdenominational
 To advance Holiness
Wesleyan Methodist
Connection of Churches
Organized 1843
 Issues:
 Slavery (Primary)
 Episcopacy
 Holiness (after Civil War)
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Free Methodist Church
Organized 1860
 Free from
 Sin (Holiness)
 Slavery
 Secrecy (the Lodge)
 Suppression from the Episcopacy
 Structured worship
 Opposed instrumental music
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Church of the Nazarene
Organized 1895 (local)
 Focused on the poor
 Very exuberant worship
 Took in many independent churches
 Tolerant of more variety of lifestyles
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Organized 1897
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Pentecostalism
Charles Parham
 Left Methodist church in 1895
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Entire Sanctification
Faith healing
Laying on hands
Baptism of HG and fire
 Church and school in Topeka, KS
 Agnes Ozman: Chinese
William Seymour
 Went to LA
 "Unknown tongues," shaking, etc.
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Fundamentalism
Presbyterian Church
 The issue: "Modernism" (Liberalism)
 Biblical Inerrancy
 Empiricism
 Salvation
 Fundamentalists pulled out (1920's)
 Presbyterians
 Baptists
 Methodists
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Holiness conflicts
 Many denominations and churches
 Relatively isolated
 Sectarianism
 Denominational missions/evangelism
 Western cultural changes
 Affluence/materialism
 Sabbath observance
 Modesty
 Entertainment
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Holiness conflicts
 Progressive mindset
 Evangelism top priority
 Rethink application of principles
 Holiness internal, not external
 Conservative mindset
 Evangelism w/o commitment is shallow
 Truth is eternal
 Society does not dictate standards
 Separation from the world
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Holiness conflicts
 Evangelistic emphasis
 ID with those being reached
 Avoid misunderstanding
 Straight preaching
 Informal worship
 Conservative response
 Opposition to church social activities
 Emphasis on lifestyle and conduct
Preaching of holiness took on strong
ethical emphasis.
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Holiness conflicts
 Holiness was a common point
 Differences were referred to as:
 Conservative
 Old fashioned
 Radical
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Holiness conflicts
 Wesleyan Methodist Church
 Wedding ring OK'd in 1952
 Television OK'd in 1959
 Free Methodist Church
 Music OK'd in 1943
 Wedding ring OK'd in 1951
 Nazarene Church
 Plain wedding band was always OK
 Television OK'd in 1952
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Holiness conflicts
 Pilgrim Holiness
 Wedding ring denied in 1950
 Chairman ruled: admonition only
 Conservative movement
 Needed support
 IHC started in Salem, OH, 1951
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Conservative Holiness Movement
 Nazarene Church
 Bible Missionary Church, 1956
 Wesleyan Holiness Church
 Bible Covenant
 Free Methodist
 Evangelical Wesleyan
 United Holiness (Michigan)
 Wesleyan Bible Church
 Bible Methodist
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Conservative Holiness Movement
 Pilgrim Holiness
 Pilgrims and Wesleyans merged
 NY Pilgrims
 Midwest Pilgrims
 Wesleyan Methodist Church
 Allegheny Wesleyan
 Tennessee Bible Methodist
 Wesleyan Connection of Churches
 Alabama Bible Methodist
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Conservative Holiness Movement
 Alabama Bible Methodist Issues
 Wedding ring
 TV
 Worldly trends in colleges
 The National Council of Churches
 Central government
 Alabama and Ohio (Wes. Conn.) joined
 Michigan (United Holiness) joined 1986
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CHM Today
 Movement—broad coalition
 IHC umbrella organization
 No well-defined borders
 No single voice
 Large variety
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CHM Today
 Dedication to biblical lifestyle
 Informal worship
 Genuine worship
 Personal Piety
 Evangelism
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CHM Today
 Broader acceptance of other Christians
 Relevance
 Use of technology
 Cultural issues
 Music
 Education/Biblical literacy
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