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A History of Christian Doctrine
G. B. Cashwell, Revival in the South, and the
Pentecostal Holiness Church
One of the most notable examples of the spread of
Pentecostalism from the Azusa Street revival is the story
of Gaston Barnabas Cashwell (1862-1916), a prominent
minister of the Holiness Church of North Carolina, which
later became known as the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
After receiving the Holy Spirit at Azusa Street in late
1906, Cashwell returned to North Carolina and began to
preach the Pentecostal message in Dunn, his hometown.
A great revival took place, attended by many ministers,
and it lasted for the month of January 1907. Many
ministers, denominational leaders, and lay members
received the Holy Ghost. As a result, four small Holiness
organizations in the South became Pentecostal: the
Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Fire-Baptized Holiness
Church, the Tabernacle Pentecostal Church, and the Free
Will Baptist Church. The first three soon merged, and the
resulting organization is now called the International
Pentecostal Holiness Church. The fourth group became
known as the Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church.
One of the men who received the Holy Spirit under
Cashwell was Joseph H. King (1869-1946), general overseer
of the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church (beginning in
1900) and later bishop of the Pentecostal Holiness
Church until his death. Previously, the Fire-Baptized
Holiness Church, founded by Benjamin Irwin in 1895,
had taught a “third blessing” beyond justification and
sanctification called the “baptism of fire.” Now it identified
the baptism of the Holy Ghost with tongues as the
third blessing.
Future founders of the Assemblies of God, M. M.
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