Abstract
Holiness history in the southern United States tends to view the movement as a collection of local or regional churches or institutions without a unified organization. This view often overlooks the work of H.C. Morrison and an organization he founded called the Holiness Union of the South. It began in 1904 and lasted through 1915 and sought to unite the Holiness work in a fashion similar to the National Holiness Association in the northern United States. The Union focused on the areas of mission, education, and publishing- areas which smaller organizations were ill-equipped to operate. While the Union was initially successful, a number of forces led to its collapse: the growth of Pentecostalism with its rapid spread across the South, the growth and expansion of Holiness denominations, such as the Church of the Nazarene and the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and the outbreak of World War I. Morrison ultimately returned to his base in Kentucky, where he maintained his focus on mission, education, and publishing, albeit on a smaller scale than he envisioned under the Holiness Union of the South.
DOI
10.7252/Journal.01.2024S.04
Recommended Citation
Danielson, Robert A.
(2024)
"H.C. Morrison and the Holiness Union of the South,"
The Asbury Journal:
Vol. 79:
No.
1, p. 52-91.
Available at:
https://place.asburyseminary.edu/asburyjournal/vol79/iss1/5
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