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THE THIRED AND LAST GRWAR AWAKENING IS NOW. AND IT WILL BE GLOBAL

    Trans-denominational movement within the Protestant churches. In the United States, the term Great Awakening is most often used, while in the United Kingdom, the movement is referred to While the Evangelical Revival united evangelicals across various denominations around shared beliefs, it also led to division in existing churches between those who supported the revivals and those who did not. Opponents accused the revivals of fostering disorder and fanaticism within the churches by enabling uneducated, itinerant preachers and encouraging religious enthusiasm. In England, evangelical Anglicans would grow into a significant constituency within the Church of England, and Methodism would develop out of the ministries of Whitefield and Wesley. In the American colonies, the Awakening caused the Congregational and Presbyterian churches to split, strengthening the Methodist and Baptist denominations. It had little immediate impact on most LutheransQuakers, and non-Protestants [2] but later led to a schism among Quakers that persists today. While the Evangelical Revival united evangelicals across various denominations around shared beliefs, it also led to division in existing churches between those who supported the revivals and those who did not. Opponents accused the revivals of fostering disorder and fanaticism within the churches by enabling uneducated, itinerant preachers and encouraging religious enthusiasm. In England, evangelical Anglicans would grow into a significant constituency within the Church of England, and Methodism would develop out of the ministries of Whitefield and Wesley. In the American colonies, the Awakening caused the Congregational and Presbyterian churches to split, strengthening the Methodist and Baptist denominations. It had little immediate impact on most LutheransQuakers, and non-Protestants [2] but later led to a schism among Quakers that persists today. Evangelical preachers “sought to include every person in conversion, regardless of gender, race, and status.”[3] Throughout the North American colonies, especially in the South, the revival movement increased the number of enslaved Africans and free blacks who were exposed to (and subsequently converted to) Christianity.[4] It also inspired the founding of new missionary societies, such as the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792.[5] Evangelical preachers “sought to include every person in conversion, regardless of gender, race, and status.”[3] Throughout the North American colonies, especially in the South, the revival movement increased the number of enslaved Africans and free blacks who were exposed to (and subsequently converted to) Christianity.[4] It also inspired the founding of new missionary societies, such as the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792.[5]
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