During the Great Awakening in the 1730’s- 1700’s, a revitalization of religious piety swept through the American colonies. Many fundamentals of the Great Awakening were based on the evangelical upsurge taking place in the Northern colonies and on the other side of the Atlantic, most notably in England, Scotland, and Germany. Evangelicalism is the conversion of individuals from a state of sin to a “new birth” through preaching of the Word. Events such as sermons from preachers such as George Whitefield or Jonathan Edwards lead the way in the newly found appeal of evangelical Christianity.
In the early American phase of the Great Awakening, signs of this new age of thinking appeared among Presbyterians in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Led by Reverend William Tennent and his associates, they established a seminary in 1730 to train
The appeal of evangelical Christianity on both sides of the Atlantic depended on the ideas of the people around them who influenced a whole community. While Anglicans and Quakers gained new member, the Baptists made ever more members from evangelical converts in the South. In this time period, religion entered a new era internally dividing some groups like the Congregationalist into “New Lights” and “Old Lights.” Motivate speakers such as George Whitefield or Jonathan Edwards radically accounted for the increase in the appeal of evangelical Christianity to believers everywhere.
clergymen whose preaching would bring sinners to experience evangelical conversion. This seminary later became known as Princeton University. This religious enthusiasm quickly spread from the Middle Colonies to the New England colonies. Sermons became
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