The Holiness Movement

This lecture is presented by Bill Davis. He provides a historical look at the Holiness Movement, beginning with John and Charles Wesley's Holy Club at Oxford in England. He deals with the various influential characters which helped the movement gain traction, such as Captain Thomas Webb, Francis Asbury, B. H. Irwin, along with his Fire Baptized teaching, and whose association with Charles Parham and others led them to adjust their beliefs in radical ways. He also discusses the Azusa Street Revival and the over-the-top antics that shocked and disappointed Charles Parham on a visit and also received bad press from the LA Times. Lesson are also gathered to help us learn from the danger of extremes and the need of preserving the Word of God in its purity for further generations.