By the mid-nineteenth century some of New Brunswick Free Christian Baptists were convinced that a uniform theology was important if they were to gain public acceptance and respectability. Furthermore, they viewed the more radical aspects of their Allinite legacy both as an embarrassment and a deterrent to achieving their goals. By the 1870s, three distinct groups emerged: those who believed in a return to earlier Allinite tradition, those who advocated "entire instantaneous sanctification" and those who believed that more could be achieved by distancing themselves from holiness theology and...
By the mid-nineteenth century some of New Brunswick Free Christian Baptists were convinced that a uniform theology was important if they were to gain ...
