Centennial Notes

Year: 1901
Word Pentecostal eliminated from name “Pentecostal Holiness”

The PHC convention which met in Magnolia, North Carolina in 1901 decided to change the name of the church. The problem was that many of the members wishing to save social embarrassment said simply "I am a member of the Pentecostal church" rather than including the word holiness. The official deletion of the word Pentecostal--opposed by Crumpler--was to insure that people were more straightforward about their commitment to holiness. In 1909 the word pentecostal was restored after embracing pentecostalism.