John Wesley taught that holiness (also known as entire sanctification or Christian perfection), was a definite and instantaneous second work of grace received by faith.
[1][2] Early in the 20th century, some in the Holiness movement also embraced Pentecostalism, which taught a third work of grace, whose outward sign was speaking in tongues.
In 1905, the association adopted new articles of faith and decorum, bringing their statements in line with their holiness beliefs.
A periodical called The Gospel Standard was started in 1918 by J. N. Salter, and has continued as the Holiness Baptist Association publication to the present.
According to historian Robert G. Gardner of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, these three Holiness Baptist bodies currently have about 50 churches with about 1,582 members.
Walthall and Kelly continued to preach and formed new churches, mostly in southwestern Arkansas, but a few in Oklahoma Territory and Texas.
It was formed in 1907 by ministers and churches excluded from the South Union Association of United Baptists for preaching holiness and the danger of apostasy.
The Church of God Mountain Assembly corresponded with the Holiness Baptist Association of Georgia early in the 20th century.