Holiness movement Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Diversity in belief and practice=== Christian denominations aligned with the holiness movement all share a belief in the doctrine of [[Christian perfection]] (entire sanctification); apart from this, denominations identified with the holiness movement differ on several issues, given that there are Methodist, Quaker, Anabaptist and Restorationist churches that comprise the holiness movement and these denominations have unique doctrines and theologies.<ref name="Kurian2016"/> Methodist denominations that are a part of the holiness movement, such as the [[Free Methodist Church]] or [[Missionary Methodist Church]], affirm the celebration of the [[sacraments]], chiefly [[Holy Baptism]] and [[Holy Communion]]; on the other hand, denominations of the [[Quaker]] tradition, such as the [[Central Yearly Meeting of Friends]], are entirely non-sacramental.<ref name="Kurian2016">{{cite book |last1=Kurian |first1=George Thomas |last2=Lamport |first2=Mark A. |title=[[Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States]] |date=10 November 2016 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-4422-4432-0 |page=1945 |language=English |quote=Formed in 1926, Central Yearly Meeting [of Quakers] is part of the Conservative Holiness Movement and consists of a small number of Monthly Meetings in Arkansas, Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio.}}</ref> Anabaptist denominations aligned with the holiness movement, such as the [[Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene)|Apostolic Christian Church]], teach the observance of [[ordinance (Christianity)|ordinances]], such as [[eucharist|communion]], [[Christian headcovering|headcovering]] and [[footwashing]].<ref name="Lindner2008">{{cite book |last1=Lindner |first1=Eileen W. |title=Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 2008 |date=2008 |publisher=Abingdon Press |isbn=978-0-687-65149-8 |page=69 |language=en}}</ref> While the Methodist denominations of the holiness movement hold to [[church membership]] (such as the [[Lumber River Conference of the Holiness Methodist Church]]), the concept of membership rolls is rejected in holiness denominations of a Restorationist background, such as the [[Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)]].<ref name="BurgessMaas2010">{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Stanley M. |last2=Maas |first2=Eduard M. van der |title=The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Revised and Expanded Edition |date=3 August 2010 |publisher=Zondervan |isbn=978-0-310-87335-8 |language=en |quote=In each place, the Church of God consisted of the wholly sanctified living out the divine command under the Scripture-mandated name. No membership roll had to be kept, for true saints recognized one another.}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page