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Introduction
and a Discipline was adopted. Several congregations were
organized principally in North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia. In 1901 at Magnolia, North Carolina, the word
Pentecostal was eliminated from the name, and for eight years the
church was known as The Holiness Church of North Carolina.
Following the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in 1906, and after
many members received the baptism of the Spirit according to
Acts 2:4, the word Pentecostal was restored to the name at
Falcon, North Carolina, in 1909.
Fire-Baptized Holiness Church
The Fire-Baptized Holiness Church formed as the result of the
evangelistic ministry of Benjamin Hardin Irwin of Nebraska.
A Baptist lawyer converted to Wesleyan holiness theology, Irwin
postulated a “baptism with fire” following the experience of
sanctification.
From 1896 to 1900, Irwin’s preaching campaigns in the
Midwest and South resulted in large numbers of followers from the
Holiness Movement, many of whom were also attracted to his
healing ministry. When leaders of the National Holiness
Movement rejected Irwin’s teaching as “third blessingism,” he
began to establish Fire-Baptized Holiness Associations around the
nation, the first of which was organized in Olmitz, Iowa, in 1895.
From 1896 to 1900, Irwin’s preaching campaigns attracted
large crowds, including many Holiness ministers. At Anderson,
South Carolina, in August 1898, Irwin led in the formation of a
national body known as the Fire-Baptized Holiness Association.
Irwin was elected to serve as “general overseer” for life while
“ruling elders” were appointed over eight states and two Canadian
provinces. A periodical promoting the movement, Live Coals of
Fire, was published in Lincoln, Nebraska.
When Irwin left the movement in 1900, Joseph Hillery King
was chosen to serve as general overseer. In 1902 the name was
changed from Fire-Baptized Holiness Association to the Fire-
Baptized Holiness Church.
Pentecost and Mergers
Soon after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Azusa Street in
1906, members of both churches were attracted to the experience
of speaking in tongues as evidence of the baptism in the Holy
Spirit. In 1906, G. B. Cashwell, a minister in the Holiness Church
of North Carolina, journeyed to Los Angeles, where he received
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