Awakenings and Revivals
TIMELINE OF
Awakenings and Revivals
> Pietism (late 1600s-early 1700s): Out of this movement a revival occurred in 1727 in Germany among the Moravians that began a prayer movement and missionary enterprise that flourished for another century.
> First Great Awakening (1720s-1740s): In the middle American colonies, the Tennant family was instrumental in training fiery pastors. God used the Dutch Reformed in New Jersey to spread revival's fire, and Jonathan Edwards, a Yale valedictorian at age 16, fanned the flames in New England, citing as keys biblical preaching, personal tragedies and youth involvement. In the South, Baptists and Methodists carried the torch.
> English Evangelical Awakening (mid- to late-1700s):The Wesleys and George Whitefield, who were also used in America, were key preachers in the movement. Wesley was converted while listening to someone read a prologue of Martin's Luther's commentary on Romans.
> Second Great Awakening (late 1700s-early 1800s): Out of prayer gatherings on college campuses, including Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale, revival spread. A key event known as the"Haystack Prayer Meeting" at Williams College in Massachusetts in 1806 is credited with stirring the modern missions movement.
> Layman's Prayer Revival (1857-58): Beginning with prayer meetings led by Jeremiah Lanphier in 1857, revival occurred as within six months 50,000 people were participating across the eastern U.S. From Canada to New York to South Carolina. In Philadelphia, one prayer meeting turned into a tent revival that lasted four months. In one year, 10,000 people were converted there.
> The 20th century brought pockets of revival. Notable movements included the Welsh Revivals (1904) and the Jesus Movement (late 1960s-early 1970s).
Source: "Evangelism Handbook" by Alvin Reid (B&H Academic 2009)
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