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Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism ". [1] Finney rejected much of traditional Reformed theology .
Charles Grandison Finney (born Aug. 29, 1792, Warren, Conn., U.S.—died Aug. 16, 1875, Oberlin, Ohio) was an American lawyer, president of Oberlin College, and a central figure in the religious revival movement of the early 19th century; he is sometimes called the first of the professional evangelists. After teaching school briefly, Finney ...
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Middle Ages. Reformation. Early Modern. Modern. Charles Finney. Father of American revivalism. "I have a retainer from the Lord Jesus Christ to plead his cause, and cannot plead yours." The...
Charles Grandison Finney: Father of American Revivalism. The career of Charles Finney was nothing short of remarkable. From international fame as a revivalist, to professor at and...
Charles Finney (1792-1875) ministered in the wake of the “Second Awakening,” as it has been called. A Presbyterian lawyer, Finney one day experienced “a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost” which “like a wave of electricity going through and through me…seemed to come in waves of liquid love.”
Jul 18, 2017 · Charles G. Finney was the greatest figure of the Second Great Awakening. His “new measures” of revivalism decisively shaped American Protestant evangelicalism. Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875) was an American evangelist, whose profound influence cannot be overstated.
May 11, 2018 · Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875), American theologian and educator, was a famous evangelist who brought frontier religion to the urbanized East. Charles Finney was born on Aug. 29, 1792, in Warren, Conn.; his family moved to Oneida County, N.Y., about 1794.
