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Apr 26, 2013 · It began in Wales under the prayers and leadership of Evan Roberts, where some 100,000 were converted within 6 months. Eventually the revival fire touched England, Ireland and the United States. It leaped over to India, had an effect in South Africa, and was preparatory to all missionary work in South America.
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The Puritan fervour waned toward the end of the 17th century, but the Great Awakening (c. 1720–50), America’s first great revival, under the leadership of Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and others, revitalized religion in the North American colonies.
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- The Great Awakening, 1734-43. In December 1734, the first revival of historic significance broke out in Northampton, Mass., where a young Jonathan Edwards was pastor.
- The Second Great Awakening, 1800-1840. In 1800, only one in 15 of America’s population of 5,300,000 belonged to an evangelical church.9 Presbyterian minister James McGready presided over strange spiritual manifestations in Logan County, Ky.
- The Businessmen’s Revival of 1857-1858. In 1857, the North Dutch Church in New York City hired a businessman, Jeremiah Lanphier, to be a lay missionary.
- The Civil War Revival, 1861-1865. The bitter dispute over slavery thrust our nation into the deadliest war we’ve ever experienced. By the end, 620,000 Americans lay dead—one out of every 50 of the 31,000,000 people counted in the 1860 census.
Apr 3, 2013 · It began with Jonathan Edwards, who was greatly influenced by his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard. Stoddard wrote and preached about seeking God for revival and soulwinning. Edwards preached a series on “Justification by Faith” in 1724 that sparked the first Great Awakening.
Jun 16, 2009 · The Welsh Revival. Roy Jenkins tells the story of how a hundred thousand people in Wales made a new commitment to Jesus Christ in a single year a century ago.
Back in Britain a massive movement of revival had began and was bound up with the ministries of two young men, George Whitefield and John Wesley. Both had been members of the Holy Club in Oxford while they were students.
Each of these men would have argued that awakenings were the work of the Holy Spirit, but there was the increasing feeling that God invited men to cooperate with him by praying and preaching for revival. The stage was now set for a major shift in the methods of conducting awakenings.
