Christian History Magazine—Issue 82: Phoebe Palmer: Mother of the Holiness Movement

Phoebe Palmer was the most influential woman in mid-19th-century America’s fastest-growing Christian group—the Methodists. She mothered the American holiness movement, from which emerged new holiness and eventually Pentecostal denominations, missions, camp meetings, works of social reform, and female ministry. Find out how the death of a beloved child transformed this wife and mother into a social reformer and preacher who sparked a revival that brought nearly a million people into the church!