Revival and Revivalism

CHURCH HISTORY IICHURCH HISTORY IILesson 27Lesson 27

Apostolic Church

Apostolic Fathers

Church Councils

Church History

Ca. 30AD 590 AD 1517 AD

Golden Age of Church Fathers

Reformation & Counter Reformation

Rationalism &Revivals

Revivalism, Missions,Denominationalism & Modernism

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Ancient Church History Medieval Church History Modern Church History

The Pre-Reformers

The First Medieval Pope

The Rise of the Holy Rom Emp

The Crusades

The Papacy in Decline

1720’s - The Middle Colonies

1730’s – The New England Colonies

1740 – 1750’s – The Southern Colonies

The 1st Great Awakening

The Great Awakening was a glorious work of God whereby He causeda period of intense spiritual revival and conversions that enlarged thechurch with true members and quickened them to Christian duty.

EVANGELICAL:•Authority of scripture•Necessity of new birth•Intent to spread the gospel•True conversion worked out in the believer’s life

Religious Freedom vs. Uniformity & Establishment

Western Migration

Why did religious fervor fade after the 1st Great Awakening?

The Disruption of the American Revolution

The Rise of English Deism & French Skepticism

“the land beyond the Sabbath”

The 2nd Great Awakening

East Coast/Collages

Western Frontier New England

1787 Hampton-Sydney

1809-Yale

1815-Princeton

1800-Logan County, KY

1801- Cane Ridge, KY

Asahel Nettleton

1783-1844

Revival

RevivalismTrue Revivals:•Not planned

•“Soul Doctors”

1801-Converted1809-graduated Yale

20 to 25 thousand converted under his ministry!

Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875)

July 1827 New Lebanon conference

Finney’s New Measures

Anxious Bench

Naming sinners in prayer

Pointed remarks to sinners in the service

What was at the heart of the controversy?

Differences in the doctrine of conversion

“Cast away from you all transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! ‘Why will you die, O house of Israel?”

Ezekiel 18:31

Finney exalted reason above all

Finney intended to change doctrine

What do you think the results of this has been?