Bingham and Thurston led the first group of American missionaries to Hawaii
1820
peak of the Second Great Awakening
1850s
the spiritual decline was most evident in _______
West (frontier)
the Second Great Awakening started in _______
Great Britain
the largest and most attended Christian church in America during this time was the ________
Methodist Church
traveling preachers who would go from town to town sharing the Gospel
circuit riders
led and organized the circuit riders
Francis Asbury
multiple-day revival services usually held outdoors
camp-meeting revivals
led the camp-meeting revivals
James McGready
_______ was the most notable camp meeting
Cane Ridge, Kentucky
one of the greatest of the Methodist circuit riders
Peter Cartwright
best-known and most popular evangelist of the Great Awakening
Charles G. Finney
_________ was previously a lawyer, which helped him with public speaking
Charles G. Finney
former slave who founded the African Episcopal Church
Richard Allen
_______ first black American denomination
African Episcopal Church (AME)
one of America’s greatest contributions to music
Negro spiritual
sent out missionary salesmen called colporteurs to preach and give away tracts and books
American Tract Society
publishing house founded to print Bibles and other religious materials
American Bible Society
_______ are missionary salesmen who preached and gave away tracts and books
colporteurs
one of the most successful evangelistic organizations in the early 19th century
American Sunday School Union
founded the first Sunday school in New York to educate poor women and children
Catherine Ferguson
one of society’s greatest Sunday school missionaries
Stephen Paxon
small prayer meeting that led to a revival of missions in America
Haystack Prayer Meeting
founded America’s first foreign missions board
Samuel Mills