Embroiled in controversy nearly his entire ministry, Alonzo Trévier Jones was one of the most fascinating personalities ever to grace a Seventh-day Adventist pulpit. This brilliantly researched biography reveals a man so powerful and charismatic that his fall seems incomprehensible yet somehow inevitable. Discover the contributions Jones made to Adventism—and what led him eventually to fight the faith he spent so much of his life building up.

Charismatic From the Beginning
The Loaded Atmosphere of 1888
Conflict at Minneapolis
Expanding the Battle Zone
The Meaning of Minneapolis
The National Sunday Law and the Image to the Beast
Charisma in Action: Adventist Faith Healing in the Early 1890s
Charismatic Explosion: The Great Revival of 1893
Prophetic Charisma: A Second Adventist Prophet and the Revival of 1894
Logical Extremism and the Total Separation of Church and State
The Nature of Christ: Seeds for a Twentieth-Century Replay of the Galatians Controversy
Charismatic Emphasis From the Center: A. T. Jones at the Pinnacle of Power
Christian Anarchy: Charismatic Church Organization
A Conference President Anyway
The Drift Toward Apostasy
Charismatic Confusion: A. T. Jones’s Love/Hate Relationship to Ellen White
Charismatic Until the End: The Bitter Years