Phineas F. Bresee : pastor to the people / Carl O. Bangs, abridged by Stan Ingersol.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bangs, Carl.

Contributor:

Ingersol, Stan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bresee, Phineas F. (Phineas Franklin), 1838-1915.

Bresee, Phineas F.

Church of the Nazarene--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Church of the Nazarene.

Methodist Church--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Methodist Church.

Holiness churches--United States--Clergy--Biography.

Holiness churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

Abridged edition.

Place of Publication:

Kansas City, Missouri : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1895, Phineas Franklin Bresee established in Los Angeles the first congregation of what he envisioned as a new denomination. Its purpose was to conserve and advance the doctrine and experience of entire sanctification as it had been taught in early Methodism and developed in the 19th century Holiness Movement. Just as important, he saw it as a force to minister to the poor of his day. In Phineas F. Bresee, Carl Bangs tells the story of Bresee from his boyhood in New York's Catskill Mountains through his ministerial career in Iowa and California. Uncover the whole story of Bresee as the aggressive evangelistic pastor, editor, presiding elder, and General Conference delegate in Iowa who built churches, established a college, and engaged in business enterprise with Civil War financier Jay Cooke. Throughout this study, Bangs places Bresee's life in the broader context of American religious history to show the emergence of a talented churchman and Methodist leader who, at age 57, stepped aside from a prominent place in Methodism to be shepherd of the holiness people.

Contents:

""Cover Page ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: The Catskills""; ""1. Youth""; ""2. Heritage""; ""Part Two: Iowa""; ""3. Entering the Ministry""; ""4. Chariton, Des Moines, and Council Bluffs""; ""5. Red Oak""; ""6. Final Years in Iowa""; ""Part Three: California""; ""7. California and the Renewal of Ministry""; ""8. Pasadena""; ""9. “I Am a Methodist Preacher�""; ""10. A Heart for the Poor""; ""Part Four: Church of the Nazarene""; ""11. Out Under the Stars""; ""12. The Leadership Crisis""

""13. Pastor to the People""""14. Shaping the Body of Christ""; ""15. A Uniting Church""; ""16. Last Days""; ""Epilogue: Who Was Bresee?""; ""Appendix""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Edition:

Abridgement of: Bangs, Carl, 1922-2002 Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, c1995. (319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.)

ISBN:

0-8341-3029-7