Church HistoryNew World & Revival

the Word & Tablethrough two millennium

A Timeline ofChurch History

Medieval ChurchAncientChurch

600 1500

ReformationChurch

2000

ModernChurch

ca. 33

The Legacy ofThe Reformation

Results of the Reformation:

The Bible is Made Available to the “Laity.”

Pockets of Christianity Spring Up All Over

Rise of the Secular State

New Ideas Spread Rapidly

The Basic Ideas Rejected:

The Indissolubility ofHuman Guilt.

The Radical Enslavementof Man to Sin.

“Things aren’t so bad with mankind.”

the Enlightened, ,Unfettered Minds

Beyond theEnlightenment

Responding to Reason:

Pietism – Practical Christianity vs. Intellectual

Revivalism – Missions & Evangelism Explode

Immanuel Kant – Writes against the use of strict reason, but grounds religion in human faculty…duty.

Beginnings of the American Experience:

Pilgrimage of the Separatists Puritans, “a city set upon a hill.”

Maryland – quasi-Catholic Colony.Carolinas– Anglicanism.Georgia – anything goes.Rhode Island – the Baptists.

Braving theNew World

Revival &Revivalism

Jonathan Edwards (1632-1704)the first Great

Awakening“I was preaching the Word & praying...”

…and so were others, who were trained, mobilized, and willing to proclaim.

Revival &Revivalism

Elements & Aftermath of Revival Factors, Not Causes -Prayer -Visitation

-Mobilized Laity

-Proclamation -Discipline

Follow-on Revival-Evangelism-Missions-Social Outreach

Revival &Revivalism

Elements & Aftermath of Revival in America Key on Personal Decision (leads to the revolution) Rise of Congregational Rule Relation of Church Growth to Spiritual Vitality John Locke – “each one is orthodox

to himself” ~ galvanized individualism

Revival &Revivalism

The Second Great Awakening Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Factors Behind It… - Perceived Danger - French Revolution - Liberty in Personal Decisions - Rise of Natural Rights Philosophy - Rethinking of Calvinism

Revival &Revivalism

The Second Great Awakening Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Revivalist Innovation - Protracted Meetings - The Public Invitation - Emotional Prayers - Advertising - Organized Choirs

Revival &Revivalism

The Second Great Awakening Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Revivalist Doctrine - No original sin - Denial of Christ’s Substitution - No Need for the

Holy Spirit to Regenerate - Cross was an Example of God’s Hatred of Sin

Revival &Revivalism

The Second Great Awakening Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Aftermath… -Denominations Multiply -Restoration Movement, No Creeds! -Decline of Deism -“The American Way” ~ Religious -Revivalism by Means & Method -Mission Enterprises Expand

LiberalismSweeps

the Day…

Church HistoryBraving the New World

the Word & Tablethrough two millennium