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It is one of the oldest church buildings in Kentucky and the largest one room log structure. The church was the site of a large frontier Christian revival in 1801 hosted by the local Presbyterian congregation that met in the building, with nearly 10,000 people attending. According to the museum "[i]n 1804, a small group of Presbyterian ...
The burial ground contains an unmarked section that is among the largest in the country. A Christian church congregation met on the site for many years after the 1801 revival meeting, and the congregation's leaving the Presbyterian Church in 1804. Barton W. Stone was its minister and one of the leading ministers of the Christian Church. This ...
It was based at the Cane Ridge Meeting House near Paris (Bourbon County) and drew between 10,000 and 20,000 people. [2] [5] According to The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, logistical considerations make it unlikely that more than 10,000 could have been present at any one time, but 20,000 could have attended the meeting at some time during the week, which would have been "nearly ...
The Democratization of American Christianity (1989). excerpt and text search; Johnson, Paul, ed. African-American Christianity: Essays in History, (1994) complete text online free; Keller, Rosemary Skinner, and Rosemary Radford Ruether, eds. Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America (3 vol 2006)
Barton Warren Stone (December 24, 1772 – November 9, 1844) was an American evangelist during the early 19th-century Second Great Awakening in the United States. First ordained a Presbyterian minister, he and four other ministers of the Washington Presbytery resigned after arguments about doctrine and enforcement of policy by the Kentucky Synod.
[2] [11] The Christian church established incarnation and resurrection as its first doctrines, [12] with baptism and the celebration of the Eucharist meal (Jesus's Last Supper) as its two primary rituals. [13] [14] The first Christian communities were predominantly Jewish.
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus.
Jesus The Christ Pantocrator of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, 6th century AD Born c. 6 to 4 BC [a] Herodian kingdom, Roman Empire Died AD 30 or 33 (aged 33 or 38) Jerusalem, Judaea, Roman Empire Cause of death Crucifixion [b] Known for Central figure of Christianity Major prophet in Islam and in Druze Faith Manifestation of God in BaháΚΌí Faith Parent(s) Mary, Joseph [c] Jesus ...