From Aldersgate to Azusa Street

Introduction

Historians have noted the connections between the Wesleyan Methodist movement that began in the eighteenth century, the emergence of African American Methodist traditions and an interdenominational Holiness movement in the nineteenth century, and the birth of Pentecostalism in the twentieth century. This volume, written by historians, theologians, and pastors, builds on that earlier work. The contributors present a diverse array of key figures—denominational leaders and mavericks, institutional loyalists and come-outers, clergy and laity—who embodied these movements.

The authors show that in spite of their differing historical and cultural contexts, these movements constitute a distinct theological family whose confident and expectant faith in the transforming power of God has significant implications for the renewal of the contemporary church and its faithfulness to God's mission in the world today.

Contributors

Corky Alexander

Estrelda Alexander

Kimberly Ervin Alexander

Leslie D. Callahan

Barry L. Callen

Douglas R. Cullum

Dennis C. Dickerson

D. William Faupel

Philip Hamner

David Aaron Johnson

J. C. Kelley

Henry H. Knight III

William C. Kostlevy

Diane K. Leclerc

Joshua J. McMullen

Rodney McNeall

Stephen W. Rankin

Harold E. Raser

Douglas M. Strong

Matthew K. Thompson

Wallace Thornton Jr.

L. F. Thuston

Arlene Sanchez Walsh

Steven J. Land

Laura Guy

John H. Wigger