George whitefield great awakening biography of abraham
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George Whitefield
George Whitefield, together with John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founded the Methodist movement. An Anglican evangelist and the leader of Calvinistic Methodists, he was the most popular preacher of the Evangelical Revival in Great Britain and the Great Awakening in America.
George whitefield great awakening biography of abraham
His unrivaled preaching ability, evangelistic fervor, and irregular methods paved the way for the Protestant multidenominational system that developed in America.
George Whitefield was born on December 16, , in Gloucester, England, the seventh and youngest child of Elizabeth Edwards and Thomas Whitefield.
Whitefield was educated first by his mother and then at St. Mary de Crypt school and Pembroke College, Oxford, which he entered on November 7, His association with Charles Wesley led to his participation with the Oxford Methodists, and he became the groups leader in , after Charles and John Wesley departed for America.
In Whitefield was ordained deacon of the Anglican Church and ear