Failures of the Second Great Awakening were small. They included ones such as Christian clergymen not being able to stop the Sunday mail so people can focus on god that day. Important leaders in this movement were Charles Brandison (evangelical leader who emphasized person conversion experiences and gave intense sermons), Barton W. Stone (another very effective preacher of the awakening), and Alexander and Thomas Campbell (Alexander was a leader, Thomas was a Presbyterian minister). The main cause of educational reform was the new thought brought about by the Enlightenment Movement. This movement is essentially why the US became an independent country and with its independence and the new style of thinking, new ideas like a desire to institute mandatory public education came about.
These included the inquiry room for counseling seekers, the anxious or mourners bench for those responding to the public invitation to Christ, preaching for an immediate decision, emotional prayers which addressed God in a very familiar, informal language, organized choirs and music, advertising and advanced preparation for the revival meeting. Finney believed the gospel did not just get people saved, but it was also a means of cleaning up society. He and his followers worked to make the United States a Christian nation. Finney himself was a strong abolitionist and encouraged Christians to become involved in the antislavery movement. The revivals encouraged people to return to God.
Faith in God was the driving force behind the (mostly) non-violent marches, protests, boycotts, rallies, and sit-ins that were designed to bring about equality for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. is the first name that comes to mind when one thinks about the movement, and he was a minister of the word of God. This shows the direction that the movement would have followed in. Our American history is replete with examples of people of faith, who have broken the vessels of
The bible is here to help us live our everyday lives as Christians. For years African Americans had to reinterpret the bible to help them reorganize their lives. We had to put it in our own context, because the bible was used to oppress us. Africans were more concerned with experiences. Migliore states that the bible is a witness, and at its center it attests the sovereign, liberating grace of God in Christ.
While only a small number of missionaries traveled from Azusa Street to minister overseas, it impacted many more who started other Pentecostal revival centers that surfaced as a result of hearing the news of the outpouring of the Spirit in Los Angeles. Seymour started a publication called the Apostolic Faith, which contained letters, sermons, and testimonies of what was going on at Azusa Street. This publication was read by many people all over the world and made it’s impact globally, as Christians in the far corners of the globe were reading the testimony of the Holy Spirit Baptism in Los Angeles, and then were themselves baptized and began speaking in tongues. With this combination of both missionaries and media, the ministry of Azusa street was able to reach across the ocean and impact the whole world. Without this, Pentecostalism would not have spread so rapidly and caught on as quickly as it did in the early 20th
His distinctive voice was able to bring the peoples experiences to life due to previous experience of being a preacher gave the speech authenticity and made him a natural choice to present such an iconic speech for the movement. His reasons to establish this is to unite Christian America and what he literally means through that is to include Black afro-Americans as well. He gives a moral and religious authority to the language and also to the sentiment which legitimises it. He then speaks on behalf of all religions by explaining “Jews, Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics we are all God’s children..” he uses religious reference and sermon like language as techniques in this
He held nightly open-air services and invited people to meetings in cottages. After a while of going about and evangelizing the poor, his pastor proposed that William prepare for ordained ministry. William accepted official acknowledgment by Wesleyans. However, the Wesleyan Methodists labeled him a “reformer” and took away his association. Booth then became pastor to Reform Methodists, though he did not like their disorganized ways.
As identity grew away from British customs, unity among the colonists was beginning to increase as well. This shows how far the colonists have progressed from when the first colony was founded in Jamestown many years before this. Knowing the dangers of traveling to the American colonies, many Englishmen still came for a fresh start. It was a great opportunity for a second chance at life. However, as the colonies progressed and became more and more successful, they began to form their own identity.
As an inspirational speaker, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled the country, giving speeches that motivated both blacks and whites to live in racial harmony. He always appeared positive, rational, and idealistic while preaching his views. All of these qualities are evident in King’s most quoted line —"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". Malcolm X, however, was known as an extremist. For much of the time that he spent as an Islamic minister, he lectured about separatism between blacks and whites.
The Enlightenment was an intellectual change which emphasized human reason. The Great Awakening affected people on a large scale, while the Enlightenment had its greatest effect on the intellectuals and philosophers. The Great Awakening reinvigorated individual faith of people in all socioeconomic classes. The Enlightenment was a movement mostly amongst the educated people of the Western world. Although the ideas were brought down to and understood by the common people, the movement’s impetus was a group of philosophers.