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Issue 23 : Spiritual Awakenings in North America

Originally published in 1989

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Table of Contents

Spiritual Awakenings in North America: From the Publisher
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Did You Know?
Awakenings in America: Seasons of the Spirit

Spiritual awakenings have brought lasting benefits to the Church and the surrounding culture. Have we forgotten our great heritage of renewals?
Patterns of Spiritual Renewal
A Dawning in the New World

Origins of American Awakenings in New England & the Middle Colonies
God's Wonderful Working

The first Great Awakening in New England & the Middle Colonies
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
In the Wake of the Great Awakening

The Awakening not only brought spiritual renewal to God's people, and new conversions, but salt and light to the society around.
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Christian History Timeline

An Overview of 180 Years
Apostles on Horseback

Francis Asbury & the Methodist Circuit Riders—Covering America with Spiritual Awakening
The Return of the Spirit: The Second Great Awakening

In the West
Peter Cartwright

One of the greatest frontier preachers and Methodist circuit riders.

Steven Gertz
Charles Grandison Finney & the Second Phase of the Second Great Awakening
Asahel Nettleton
In the Wake of the Second Great Awakening
The Time for Prayer: The Third Great Awakening

During the Third Great Awakening of 1857 to 1859, 10,000 people in New York City alone gathered together daily—even left work—to pray. The same thing was taking place all over the country, in small towns as well as in great cities.
In the Wake of the Third Great Awakening
Sleepers Awake

Our hope for this issue and for God's people everywhere.

The Editors
Praying Boldly

Concluding thoughts on our great need to pray

David R. Mains
Spiritual Awakenings in North America: Recommended Resources

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