Holiness movement
The Holiness movement emerged in the 1860s with the desire to re-emphasize Wesley's sanctification doctrine. Many Holiness preachers taught that sanctification was an instantaneous experience. In the Holiness movement, the second work of grace is considered to be a cleansing from the tendency to commit sin, an experience called entire sanctification which leads to Christian perfection. The Core Values of the Bible Methodist Connection of Churches thus teaches that: