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The growth of Christianity between the years of 1700-1812.
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In the 1930s and 1940s and evangelical revitalization movement swept America. Christian denominations of all persuasions worked together for the cause of the Gospel. It pulled away from the traditional ritualistic and ceremonial practices of Catholicism, and instead emphasized a personal relationship with God based on grace. The beginnng of this movement is known as the First Great Awakening.
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Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century preacher, theologian, and apologist. He traveled extensively preaching the Christian faith drawing large crowds. He continued the Great Awakening by preaching in Northampton, Massachusetts where revival spread to Connecticut. Two things he's known for, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and "Narratives of Surprising Conversions" spoke of justification by faith alone and the true religion must affect the heart.
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Heavily influenced by Theodore Frelinghuysen and deputized by George Whitefield, Gilbert Tennant continued the Christian revival until 1742. He wrote "The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry" in Nottingham, Pennsylvania in 1740, to enforce the need for a personal relationship with God and a change of the heart.
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In the 1760's, baptist preachers in the southern states begin welcoming poor white farmers and slaves.
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"Black Harry" Hosier from Baltimore, Maryland was an illiterate freedman who was a believer in the Christian faith. He memorized large passages of scripture. He was popular among white audiences.
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In 1784, "Black Harry" Hosier's sermon at Thomas Chapel in Chapeltown, Delaware, was the first to be delivered by a black person to a white audience.
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Beginning in 1790, the Second Great Awakening focused on the unchurched. It quickly spread throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, and southern Ohio.
