1. Revival and Revivalism CHURCH HISTORY II Lesson 27

2. Apostolic Church Apostolic Fathers Church Councils Church History Ca. 30AD590 AD1517 AD Golden Age of Church Fathers Reformation & Counter Reformation Rationalism & Revivals Revivalism, Missions, Denominationalism & Modernism ? Ancient Church HistoryMedieval Church HistoryModern Church History The Pre-Reformers The First Medieval Pope The Rise of the Holy Rom Emp The Crusades The Papacy in Decline

3. 1720’s - The Middle Colonies 1730’s – The New England Colonies 1740 – 1750’s – The Southern Colonies The 1 st Great Awakening The Great Awakening was a glorious work of God whereby He caused a period of intense spiritual revival and conversions that enlarged the church 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

4. Religious Freedom vs. Uniformity & Establishment Western Migration Why did religious fervor fade after the 1 st Great Awakening? The Disruption of the American Revolution The Rise of English Deism & French Skepticism “the land beyond the Sabbath”

6. The 2 nd Great Awakening East Coast/ Collages Western Frontier New England 1787 Hampton- Sydney 1809-Yale 1815-Princeton 1800-Logan County, KY 1801- Cane Ridge, KY

7. Asahel Nettleton 1783-1844 Revival Revivalism True Revivals: Not planned “Soul Doctors” 1801-Converted 1809-graduated Yale 20 to 25 thousand converted under his ministry!

10. Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875)

11. July 1827New Lebanon conference Finney’s New Measures Anxious Bench Naming sinners in prayer Pointed remarks to sinners in the service

12. 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

13. Finney exalted reason above all Finney intended to change doctrine What do you think the results of this has been?