Benjamin Franklin Haynes (1851–1923), usually known as B. F. Haynes, was a

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and later Nazarene minister and theologian from Tennessee. He was associated with the

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. He was the founding editor of the ''Tennessee Methodist''. Later he was the founding editor of '' Herald of Holiness,'' the flagship journal of the Church of the Nazarene, now known as '' Holiness Today''. He was also president of the

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from 1902 to 1905 and Asbury College in

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from 1905 to 1908. He wrote a book, ''Tempest-Tossed on Methodist Seas,'' about his decision to leave the

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because of bitter divisions within the church over the holiness movement.Pete, Reve M., ''The Impact of Holiness Preaching as Taught by John Wesley and the Outpouring of the Holy Ghost on Racism''
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References

* Farish, Hunter D., ''The Circuit Rider Dismounts: A Social History of Southern Methodism, 1865-1900'' 1938 * Smith, John Abernathy, ''Cross and Flame: Two Centuries of United Methodism in Middle Tennessee'' 1984 * Isaac, Paul E., ''Prohibition and Politics: Turbulent Decades in Tennessee (1885-1920)'' 1965 * Coker, Joe L., ''Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause: Southern White Evangelicals and the Prohibition Movement'' University Press of Kentucky * Cunningham, Floyd, ed., ''Our Watchword and Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene'' 2009

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