Holiness movement

===Mid-to-late 20th century===
[[File:Grace Wesleyan Methodist Church.jpg|thumb|300px|Grace Wesleyan Methodist Church is a parish church of the [[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]], one of the largest denominations in the [[conservative holiness movement]], and is located in [[Akron, Ohio]].]]
Cultural shifts following World War II resulted in a further division in the Holiness movement.

Not content with what they considered to be a lax attitude toward sin, several small groups left Holiness denominations of the Methodist tradition, and to a lesser extent [[Quakers|Quaker]], Anabaptist and Restorationist denominations, to form the [[conservative holiness movement]]. Staunch defenders of [[Biblical inerrancy]], they stress [[modesty]] in dress and [[Revival meeting|revivalistic worship practices]]. They identify with classical Fundamentalism more so than Evangelicalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fwponline.cc|title=Fundamental Wesleyan|work=fwponline.cc|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> While some have pointed out that the broader holiness movement has declined in its original strong emphasis of the doctrine of entire sanctification,<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Holiness Movement is Dead|url=http://www.drurywriting.com/keith/dead.footnoted.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.drurywriting.com}}</ref> the conservative holiness movement still frequently promotes,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Classic Holiness Sermons|url=https://www.classicholinesssermons.com/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=Classic Holiness Sermons|language=en-US}}</ref> preaches,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Convention Store {{!}} Resources from the Interchurch Holiness Convention|url=https://store.ihconvention.com/|access-date=2021-06-12|language=en-US}}</ref> and teaches this definition of holiness and entire sanctification, both at the scholarly level,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kaufman|first=Paul|title=From the Classroom to the Heart|publisher=Schmuul Publishing|year=2020|isbn=978-0880196345}}</ref> and in pastoral teaching.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holiness Bible Study|url=https://www.40daysofholiness.com/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=40 Days of Holiness|language=en}}</ref>

As the '''Holiness Conservatives''' were distancing themselves even further, Mainline Methodism was becoming larger with the merger between The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, forming the [[United Methodist Church]] in 1968. A slow trickle of disaffected Holiness-friendly United Methodists left for Holiness movement denominations, while other Holiness advocates stayed in the United Methodist Church and are represented in the Good News Movement and [[Confessing Movement]].{{sfn|Winn|2007|p=115}} Many United Methodist clergy in the holiness tradition are educated at [[Asbury Theological Seminary]].{{sfn|Winn|2007|p=115}}

Meanwhile, the bulk of the Wesleyan-Holiness churches began to developed a disdain for what they considered to be [[Legalism (theology)|legalism]], and gradually dropped prohibitions against dancing and theater patronage, while maintaining rules against gambling, as well as alcohol and tobacco use. Continued stances on the sanctity of marriage and abstinence matched similar convictions. In the 1970s, opposition to abortion became a recurring theme, and by the 1990s statements against practicing [[homosexuality]] were increasingly common. A devotion to charity work continued, particularly through the Salvation Army and other denominational and [[parachurch organization|parachurch agencies]].
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