The Revival

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What is revival? Charles Finney explains revival in the following points:

  1. Revival is the return of the church from her backsliding and the conversion of sinners. Revivals always include conviction of sins. Backsliders cannot come to the church without deep searching of heart.
  2. In the revivals backsliders will be brought to repentance, i.e., breaking down of the heart and confusion.
  3. In the revivals Christians will have their faith renewed.
  4. Revivals break the power of the world and sin over Christians.
  5. Revivals awaken and reform the Christians.
  6. According to Finney, there are four agents employed in the conversion: God, Preacher, Sinner, Gospel.
The Roots of the Revivals 17th and 18th centuries were an age of reasoning, were also the age of renewal that spread throughout the churches in America and England. 

  • Pietism was the first root of revival
  • The Moravians were another root, who were famous in the Pietist group under the leadership of Zinzendorf. He emphasizes traditional, also emphasize on the living Christ like life. He asks if people sing, pray and talk what does it means of Christian experience. A community based upon the power of God. Following the model of Acts 1:26 he said or advocated casting lots. As we have discussed that Pietism was the most significant events in 18th century Protestantism, and it led to the great awakening in America. The American revivalism may be divided into five divisions:
  • The First Great Awakening (1735-1760)
  • The second awakening (1790-1820) it is also known as (university revivals) it was Revival among university students.
  • The third awakening (1857-1859), also known as prayer revival.
  • The fourth awakening (1840-1955) is called urban revivalism
  • The fifth awakening is known as contemporary revival

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