Calvary Holiness Association
- Calvary Holiness Association
The Calvary Holiness Association is a small holiness body of Christians in south Georgia.
The Holiness movement among Baptists in Georgia began late in the 19th century among ministers in the Little River Baptist Association. Two churches were excluded from the Little River Association in 1893 because of their teachings on holiness. These two churches and two newly formed churches met in 1894 in Wilcox County, Georgia to organize the Holiness Baptist Association.
The "Calvary Holiness Association" was formed in 1977. Dissatisfied members separated from the "Holiness Baptist Association" on January 7, 1977 for what they termed "broken confidence and lack of trust in the trustee committee". On January 15, 1977, nine churches met at Community Holiness Baptist Church in Cook County, Georgia and organized a new association, with James A. Harrell as moderator, and Carl H. Carlton as clerk. Four more churches joined on January 29, and a committee of seven was formed to draw up articles of faith, discipline and rules of decorum. On March 26, the articles of faith and by-laws were adopted, the name "Calvary Holiness Association, Incorporated" agreed upon, and an application to incorporate made. The Association was incorporated and charter granted by the state of Georgia on October 7, 1977.
The faith and order is similar to the parent body. The association's beliefs include sanctificaion as a second work of grace; Baptism of the Holy Ghost, with glossolalia as the initial evidence; baptism by immersion, Lord's supper and feet washing as ordinances; and tithing. They maintain abstinence from any use of tobacco or intoxicating liquors, excessive use of medicine, use of slang expressions, & gluttony, and that ordinary labor and business should not be conducted on Sunday. Membership in secret societies (such as the Masonic Lodge) is forbidden. The "Calvary Holiness Association" maintains "Calvary Holiness Campground" in Coffee County, Georgia south of Jacksonville. Annual association meetings, youth camps and campmeetings are held at the campground.
In 1985 the association was made up of 17 churches with 464 members, in 13 counties in the southern part of the state of Georgia. 27 ordained ministers, 4 licensed ministers, and 4 exhorters were serving these churches.
References
*"Minutes", Calvary Holiness Association, Inc., 1985
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