The Great Awakening: Testimonies of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

Mark C. Lee

Dec 2016 · WestBow Press

About this ebook

The Great Awakening Movement between 1720 and 1740s was one of most splendid chapters of early Christian history. The movement stirred up a mass religious conversion in colonial America with a call to live a holy life.

The seeds of the Awakening were sown when Rev. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) began to preach revivalistic sermons in Northampton, Massachusetts.

George Whitefield (1714-1770) started his preaching tour of colonial America between 1739 and 1740. It was during his preaching tour that the Great Awakening erupted.

Edwards and Whitefield were the two major catalysts in the Awakening era. It was during this period that churches of many different denominations had tremendous growth.

Every believers life is a living testimony of Gods grace of salvation; George Whitefield said it so well in May 21,1740,Christ was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.

About the author

Mark Lee is currently teaching the New Testament Bible at the Canna Christian College in New York City. In addition, he has served as a youth pastor at the Truth Church of New York, a missionary affiliate of the Lutheran Church of Tapei, Taiwan since 2013.