12 Facts About Phoebe Palmer

Phoebe Palmer was a Methodist evangelist and writer who promoted the doctrine of Christian perfection.

Phoebe Palmer is considered one of the founders of the Holiness movement within Methodist Christianity.

Phoebe Palmer's father was a devout Methodist named Henry Worrall.

Phoebe Palmer had experienced a religious conversion during the Wesleyan Revival in England before immigrating to the United States.

In 1827 Phoebe Worrall married Walter Palmer, a homeopathic physician, who was a devout Methodist.

Two years later, Phoebe Palmer became the leader of the meetings, which were referred to as the Tuesday Meeting for the Promotion of Holiness.

Phoebe Palmer always refused to hold the Tuesday meetings anywhere but in a home.

Phoebe Palmer played a significant role in spreading the concept of Christian holiness throughout the United States and the rest of the world.

Phoebe Palmer wrote several books, including The Way of Holiness, which was a foundational book in the Holiness movement.

Phoebe Palmer edited the magazine from that time until her death.

Some of those whom Phoebe Palmer influenced through her speaking and writing were temperance leader Frances Willard; the co-founder of the Salvation Army, Catherine Booth; and the first president of the National Camp Meeting Association for the Promotion of Holiness, John Swanel Inskip.

Phoebe Palmer led the Methodist Ladies' Home Missionary Society in founding the Five Points Mission in 1850.