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  2. Charles Grandison Finney - Wikipedia

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    Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) was a controversial American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. He has been called the "Father of Old Revivalism ". [1] Finney rejected much of traditional Reformed theology.

  3. Charles Grandison Finney | Revivalist, Abolitionist, Reformer -...

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    Charles Grandison Finney was an American lawyer, president of Oberlin College, and a central figure in the religious revival movement of the early 19th century; he is sometimes called the first of the professional evangelists. After teaching school briefly, Finney studied law privately and entered.

  4. Charles Grandison Finney Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family...

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    Charles Grandison Finney was an American Presbyterian minister who led the 19th-century Protestant religious revival called the “Second Great Awakening” in the United States of America. Regarded as the ''Father of Modern Revivalism,'' Finney is remembered for his theories supporting Christian perfectionism.

  5. Charles Finney - Christianity Today

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    $10.43. The 29-year-old lawyer Charles Grandison Finney had decided he must settle the question of his soul's salvation. So on October 10, 1821, he headed out into the woods near...

  6. Who was Charles Finney? - GotQuestions.org

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    Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) was a revivalist preacher in the early 1800s in America. He is credited with being the first preacher to employ the method of altar calls to encourage people to make a decision for Christ.

  7. Charles Grandison Finney: Father of American Revivalism

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    Charles Finney made a significant impression upon the religious life of 19th century America, and his influence is still evident today. Called the “father of modern revivalism” by some ...

  8. The Legacy of Charles Finney - Modern Reformation

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    Charles Finney (1792-1875) ministered in the wake of the “Second Awakening,” as it has been called. A Presbyterian lawyer, Finney one day experienced “a mighty baptism of the Holy Ghost” which “like a wave of electricity going through and through me…seemed to come in waves of liquid love.”

  9. God In America: People: Charles Finney - PBS

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    Charles Finney. Lawyer, theologian and college president, Charles Grandison Finney was also the most famous revivalist of the Second Great Awakening. He did not merely lead revivals; he actively...

  10. Charles Grandison Finney | Encyclopedia.com

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    Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875), American theologian and educator, was a famous evangelist who brought frontier religion to the urbanized East. Charles Finney was born on Aug. 29, 1792, in Warren, Conn.; his family moved to Oneida County, N.Y., about 1794.

  11. Charles Grandison Finney - New World Encyclopedia

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    Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), often called "America's foremost revivalist," was a major leader of the Second Great Awakening that had a profound impact on the history of the United States.