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In 1889, ve men from two separate holiness associations selected a special spot of ground between Flovilla, Georgia and Indian Springs, a locally known health resort, for the purpose of holding special camp meetings with a focus on Wesleyan teachings on holiness. ese two associations joined into the Georgia Holiness Association and in 1890 the rst holiness camp meeting was held with tents donated by the Illinois Holiness Association. A er this camp meeting, the Indian Springs Holiness Camp Ground Association was organized on December 18, 1890. It became an organization committed to preaching scriptural holiness and one of the major holiness camp meetings in the southern United States.

In 1923, Dr. Henry Clay Morrison, the President of Asbury College, founded Asbury eological Seminary across the street from the college in Wilmore, Kentucky. It was to be a school dedicated to training holiness preachers. For one hundred years, this Seminary has been committed to those same ideas of scriptural holiness. is common bond of a passion for a Wesleyan understanding of holiness, would join Asbury eological Seminary and the Indian Springs holiness camp meeting in many ways. Many of the early camp meeting preachers at Indian Springs are familiar names to those knowledgeable of the history of Asbury and the Holiness Movement: Dr. Beverly Carradine, L. L. Pickett, Seth C. Rees, Bud Robinson, C. W. Ruth, J. L. Brasher, C. W. Butler, John Paul, John Church, Z. T. Johnson, Harry Blackburn, Roy Nicholson, and of course H. C. Morrison himself.

Morrison was so close to the Indian Springs camp meeting, that a monument was erected on the campground near the tabernacle a er his death, which reads:

In memory of Rev. Henry Clay Morrison D.D. Whose ministry blessed the people of Indian Springs Holiness Camp Ground for a half century. He was an advocate of holiness as taught by the Bible, John Wesley, and the early Methodists. His ministry was a blessing to the people around the world. He was the founder and editor of e Pentecostal Herald, President of Asbury College, founder and President of Asbury eological Seminary. Born March 10, 1857, died March 24, 1942.

In the summer of 2021, the board of the Indian Springs holiness camp meeting entrusted Asbury eological Seminary with its historical documents to become a part of the Archives and Special Collections of the B. L. Fisher Library.

In honor of our relationship and the common bonds between the Indian Springs holiness camp meeting and Asbury eological Seminary, we o er this special volume, which includes articles on holiness previously published in e Asbury Journal, and in its predecessors e Asbury Seminarian and e Asbury eological Journal. ese articles by former faculty, Seminary Presidents, and holiness leaders, are a reminder of the common theological ties which connect us as part of the wider Kingdom of God. We pray that they will continue to bless our “family” at Indian Springs, and also go out to others committed to the idea of scriptural holiness around the globe.

Robert A. Danielson, Ph.D. Editor of e Asbury Journal