Historians have noted the connections between the Wesleyan Methodist movement that began in the eighteenth century, the emergence of African American Methodist traditions and an interdenominational Holiness movement in the nineteenth century, and the birth of Pentecostalism in the twentieth century. This volume, written by historians, theologians, and pastors, builds on that earlier work. The contributors present a diverse array of key figures-denominational leaders and mavericks, institutional loyalists and come--outers, clergy and laity--who embodied these movements. The authors show that in spite of their differing historical and cultural contexts, these movements constitute a distinct theological family whose confident and expectant faith in the transforming power of God has significant implications for the renewal of the contemporary church and its faithfulness to God's mission in the world today.ContributorsCorky AlexanderEstrelda AlexanderKimberly Ervin AlexanderLeslie D. CallahanBarry L. CallenDouglas R. CullumDennis C. DickersonD. William FaupelPhilip HamnerDavid Aaron JohnsonJ. C. KelleyHenry H. Knight III William C. KostlevyDiane K. LeclercJoshua J. McMullenRodney McNeallStephen W. RankinHarold E. Raser Douglas M. StrongMatthew K. Thompson Wallace Thornton Jr.L. F. Thuston Arlene Sanchez WalshSteven J. LandLaura GuyJohn H. Wigger