Holiness movement

===21st century===
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Faced with a growing identity crisis and continually dwindling numbers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1314&context=asburyjournal|title=Why the Holiness Movement is Dead|work=Asbury Journal|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> Wesleyan-Holiness Evangelicals have hosted several inter-denominational conferences and begun several initiatives to draw a clearer distinction between Wesleyan theology and that of other Evangelicals and to explore how to address contemporary social issues and appear winsome to a "[[postmodernism|post-modern world]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://holinesslegacy.com/?page_id=79|title=About Us|work=holinesslegacy.com|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://seedbed.com/about-4|title=About|work=Seedbed|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> As one such example, in 2006 the [[Wesleyan Holiness Consortium]] published "The Holiness Manifesto" in conjunction with representatives from historic Holiness Methodist denominations, including the Free Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church, and the Church of the Nazarene.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mannoia |first1=Kevin W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZB0zqFMQQEC&pg=PR5&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=The Holiness Manifesto |last2=Thorsen |first2=Don |date=2008 |publisher=Eerdmans |location=Grand Rapids, MI |pages=18–21}}</ref>

The divide between classical Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism became greater following the [[9/11]] terrorist attacks on the U.S. by militant Muslim fundamentalists—as the term "fundamental" became associated with intolerance and aggressive attitudes. Several Evangelical Holiness groups and publications have denounced the term "fundamentalist" (preferring Evangelical) while others are reconciling to what extent the Fundamentalist movement of the 1920s remains a part of their history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailytext.seedbed.com/2014/06/17/early-church-lesson-1-fundamentals-without-fundamentalism/|title=Early Church Lesson #1: Fundamentals without Fundamentalism|work=Seedbed Daily Text|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://nazarene.org/files/docs/Strange%20Bedfellows%20The%20Nazarenes%20and%20Fundamentalism.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414123106/http://nazarene.org/files/docs/Strange%20Bedfellows%20The%20Nazarenes%20and%20Fundamentalism.pdf |archive-date=2016-04-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Truesdale |first=Al |date=2012 |title=Why Wesleyans Aren’t Fundamentalists |url=http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ht/article.jsp?id=10011989 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215214224/http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ht/article.jsp?id=10011989 |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |access-date=31 May 2015 |work=ncnnews.com}}</ref>

The Church of the Nazarene, the Wesleyan Church, and the Free Methodist Church were the largest Wesleyan-Evangelical Holiness bodies as of 2015. Talks of a merger were tabled,<ref>http://wesleyananglican.blogspot.com/2011/08/wesleyan-holiness-mergers-not-taking.html (retrieved 20 February 2015)</ref> but new cooperatives such as the Global Wesleyan Alliance were formed as the result of inter-denominational meetings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.org/1444/global-wesleyan-alliance-has-3rd-annual-gathering|title=Global Wesleyan Alliance has 3rd annual gathering - The Wesleyan Church|work=wesleyan.org|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155734/http://www.wesleyan.org/1444/global-wesleyan-alliance-has-3rd-annual-gathering|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Global Methodist Church]] is expected to consist of a large number of traditionalists, including those aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, once a separation agreement is reached by United Methodist Church leadership and conference delegates in 2022 or later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-26|title=The Global Methodist Church|url=https://wesleyancovenant.org/2021/02/26/the-global-methodist-church/|access-date=2021-09-14|website=Wesleyan Covenant Association|language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Book of Discipline]] of the Global Methodist Church thus teaches that "a life of holiness or 'entire sanctification' should be the goal of each individual’s journey with God."<ref>{{cite book |title=The Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline of the Global Methodist Church |date=2021 |publisher=Global Methodist Church |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Perfect Love: Entire Sanctification and the Future of Methodism with Kevin Watson|url=https://subsplash.com/wesleyancovenantassociation/lb/mi/+c9s8z8r|language=en|access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref>

At this point the legacy of the Holiness Movement is fragmented between the more conservative branch,<ref>{{Cite web|title=InterChurch Holiness Convention {{!}} Spreading Scriptural Holiness|url=https://ihconvention.com/|access-date=2021-07-28|language=en-US}}</ref> attempting to maintain and revive historic Holiness doctrine and practice, and others more willing to move beyond the doctrine and tradition of the past.