Reformation Missions 1500 to 1800Part 2

For several hundred years people had attempted to reform the

Church, but every attempt was met with persecution and

repression until the love for the Truth compelled men to heroic

action

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First Awakening (1730-40’s) A colleague of Wesley’s, Anglican George Whitefield’s

preaching attracted large and emotional crowds everywhere resulting in numerous conversions. Criticized for his “enthusiasm,” extemporaneous and

itinerant preaching everyday of the week for months, traveling on horse from New York to Charleston, SC

His moderate Calvinistic preaching would end, “Come, poor, undone, lost sinner, come just as you are to Christ.”

Jonathan Edwards followed his preaching style in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – His alignment with Whitefield cost him his pastorate.

Benjamin Franklin admired Whitefield and published 45 of his sermons in his popular Gazette.

The evangelical movement helped form the democratic concepts of the American Revolution to follow.

Young Whitefield-like Baptist preachers were arrested in Anglican Virginia before the Revolution defended by a lawyer James Madison, who would become the 4th President of the new Republic.

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Whitefield

2nd Awakening (1790-1840)

Revivals led to Restorationism (primitive Christianity goal), including revelations, visions, prophecy, emotional manifestations.

Seedbed of Mormonism (Church of Latter Day Saints), Seventh Day Adventism, Church of Christ and Christian Church in East

In West, Methodists and Baptists exploded Appalachian region birth the camp meetings, where

meetings would last several days or weeks. Highly emotional power, with emphasis on personal

sins, need of personal conversion and evangelism. Larger revivals seen as means to building up and

multiplying churches Social causes mixed with spiritual priorities (prison

reform, abolitionism and temperance) would dissipate the evangelistic thrusts.

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Methodist Camp meetings 1839

Charles Finney 1772-

1875

David Brainerd (1718-1747)

Expelled from Yale for criticizing the “sedateness” of his clergymen faculty

Commissioned by Scottish mission to reach Indians of NY and PA, especially the Kaunaumeek and Susquehanna Indians

Wrote a diary of his discouragements, disillusionments, and persistence in spite of battling tuberculosis

He would eventually establish an American-like Protestant church among the Indians

His ill health forced him to recuperate in the home of Jonathan Edwards, whose daughter, Jerusha, he hoped to marry. He died 4 months later, then Jerusha died of the same disease.

For the next 250 years most missionaries testify to have been impacted by Brainerd’s diary

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David Brainerd among Kaunaumeek indians

William Carey Raised in a small village, from a weaver’s family Converted at 18, left the Anglican Church for the

Particular Baptists. He walked 5 miles each way to attend Bible studies Two years later he became a schoolmaster, and shoe

cobbler, then one year later a bi-vocational Baptist pastor

He committed himself to missions after reading Last Voyage of Captain Cook, who described the vast pagans.

At 21 Carey mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Italian, and was turning to Dutch and French, all while repairing shoes.

After making a globe out of leather, while meditating on the people represented: "If it be the duty of all men to believe the Gospel ... then it be the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations." And Carey sobbed out, "Here am I; send me!” -- to be continued in the next section…

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Third Awakening (1850-1900s)

After the Civil War, multiple revivals began, especially the South

Evangelist Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) built the largest Sunday School , then led large and lengthy campaigns in England and Scotland

This would start a series of city-wide crusades that would continue for 100 years by different evangelists

Hudson Taylor challenged him to take responsibility for world evangelism, which was the major purpose of founding Moody Bible Institute

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Baptist Church John Smyth and Thomas Helwys fled England

to Amsterdam to avoid being burnt at the stake

Met Menno Simon, convinced of water baptism of adult believers, they formed first Baptist Church in 1609

In 1612 Helwys returned to England to start the General Baptists Belief in a general atonement—hold that

Christ’s death made salvation available for any person who voluntarily exercised faith in Christ (Ariminian or Amyraldianism), but could fall from grace

Spread slowly but never were significant as the Calvinistic Baptists

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Andrew Fuller helped found Baptist Missionary Society

Baptist Church

Particular (or Calvinistic) Baptists Christ died for particular individuals (limited to the

elect) Early Particulars had open communion and open

memberships (except John Bunyan) Grace Baptists are exclusive. Tended toward HYPERCALVINISM where God saves

without human intervention Fuller taught that Christ died for all men and our duty

was to tell them: Carey was a disciple The Baptist Union (of Particular and General Baptist)

formed in 1792, then became open in 1813.

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John Elliot (1604-1690)

Born in England, graduate of Oxford, became a Puritan, went to New England in 1631.

In 1641, he followed a burden for the Algonquian Indians and began through an interpreter… learned their language and was preaching in Algonquian in 1 year.

By 1654 he prepared a catechism (discipleship) and by 1658 he had translated the New Testament – THE FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN NORTH AMERICA.

Elliot extracted Indian believers who lived in “Praying Villages” 14 villages were established with thousands of Indians First Indian pastor ordained in Natick, MA in 1681 All but 4 villages were destroyed in the King Philips War in

1675 – King Philips was an Indian leader committed to driving the English out of Americas 9

Pietists A reform movement within the dying Lutheran Church in the late

17th century Inspired by the writings of Phillip Jakob Spener, August Herman

Franke, Pietism stressed practice over doctrine, spirit over form, a

thorough-going spiritual rebirth of the individual and that religious faith is something to be lived out in service to others.

Pietists were extremely skeptical of theological scholasticism Radical Pietists such as the Moravians, the German Baptists

(Church of the Brethren), and Inspirationists (Amana Colonies/Church Society) are expressions of its institutional forms.

Peaked by the 1750s, then continued to influence revival movements in America including Methodism, the United Brethren, the Evangelical Association and the Brethren

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Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-

1705)

August Herman Francke 1663-

1727

Location of estate

Germany

Count von Zinzendorf (1700-1762)

Raised as a Pietists, studied law at Wittenberg for diplomatic service

Bought his grandmother’s estate He sought by preaching, by tract and book distribution and by

practical benevolence might awaken the somewhat torpid religion of the Lutheran Church.

Gave asylum to some Bohemian or Moravian Brethren from various groups to build a village of Herrnhut

Persecution had made them fanatical and inflexible regarding their creed and form of worship, making them fight one another

His organization was a Family Community– not individual families– as a commitment to unity and purpose

Thanks to his relationships to the court of Denmark enabled the transporting of evangelical missionaries to Dutch colonies, prohibited on Spanish/Portuguese ships.

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Moravians Jan Hus, professor at Prague University, taught the Bible as the

only authority, and the Church should renounce secular powers and extensive properties, and return to the biblical ideals of the Church.

His criticism of selling indulgences and other abuses worsened the reputation of the Czech nation, so the Pope declared an interdict on Prague, soon condemned and burnt in 1415

Five years later his followers formed a new Town called Tabor in 1420 to realize the ideal society on 4 principles:1. Freedom to spread the Word of God2. Receive the consecrated bread and wine at mass (sub utraque specie)3. Ban on secular power for priests4. Punishment of mortal sins

Followers formed the Bohemian Brethren, persecuted so fled to Herrnhut and there started the Moravian Church

Became the first large scale Protestant missionary movement12

Moravians and John Wesley

En route to Americas, 1736, Wesley observed German Moravians serving others and calmly facing threatening stormsAttitude of service, Wesley wrote: “it was good for their proud hearts,” and “their loving Savior had done more for them.”Wesley’s Diary:“My brother,” said Spangenberg, “I must first ask you one or two questions. Have you the witness within yourself? Does the Spirit of God bear witness with you that you are a child of God?” John Wesley was dumb. “Do you know Jesus Christ?” asked Spangenberg. “I know,” replied Wesley, “that He is the Savior of the world.” “Do you know,” pursued Spangenberg, pressing the question further home, “that He has saved you?” “I hope He has died to save me,” stammered Wesley. “Do you know yourself?” persisted Spangenberg, who was not content with skin-deep work. “I do,” replied Wesley, “but,” says he, “I fear they were vain words.” For a time he stumbled on as dazed as ever.13

Wesley’s house

Moravians and John Wesley

“I went to America to convert the Indians,” he wrote, bitterly, in his Journal, when he returned to England; “but oh, who shall convert me? I have a fair summer religion. I can talk well; nay, and I believe myself, when no danger is near. But let death look me in the face, and my spirit is troubled. Nor can I say, ‘to die is gain.’“I have a sort of fear that when I have spun my last thread I shall perish on the shore. I have learned…that I who went to America to convert others was not converted myself.”John Wesley later met Peter Boehler, a Moravian, who helped him further, saying “My brother, my brother, that philosophy of yours must be purged away.” When John Wesley complained, “Ah, how can I preach the faith which I have not got?” Peter Boehler answered, “Preach faith till you have it, and then, because you have it, you will preach it.”Eventually Wesley got the faith at Altersgate in a Moravian church, then went to Herrnhut to study, then returned to England to make disciples.

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First Awakening (1730-40’s)

A colleague of Wesley’s, Anglican George Whitefield’s preaching attracted large and emotional crowds everywhere resulting in numerous conversions. Criticized for his “enthusiasm,” extemporaneous and itinerant

preaching everyday of the week for months, traveling on horse from New York to Charleston, SC

His moderate Calvinistic preaching would end, “Come, poor, undone, lost sinner, come just as you are to Christ.”

Jonathan Edwards followed his preaching style in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” – His alignment with Whitefield cost him his pastorate.

Benjamin Franklin admired Whitefield and published 45 of his sermons in his popular Gazette.

The evangelical movement helped form the democratic concepts of the American Revolution to follow.

Young Whitefield-like Baptist preachers were arrested in Anglican Virginia before the Revolution defended by a lawyer James Madison, who would become the 4th President of the new Republic.15

Whitefield

2nd Awakening (1790-1840)

Revivals led to Restorationism (primitive Christianity goal), including revelations, visions, prophecy, emotional manifestations.

Seedbed of Mormonism (Church of Latter Day Saints), Seventh Day Adventism, Church of Christ and Christian Church in East

In West, Methodists and Baptists exploded Appalachian region birth the camp meetings, where meetings would

last several days or weeks. Highly emotional power, with emphasis on personal sins, need of

personal conversion and evangelism. Larger revivals seen as means to building up and multiplying

churches Social causes mixed with spiritual priorities (prison reform,

abolitionism and temperance) would dissipate the evangelistic thrusts. 16

Methodist Camp meetings 1839

Charles Finney 1772-

1875

David Brainerd (1718-1747)

Expelled from Yale for criticizing the “sedateness” of his clergymen faculty

Commissioned by Scottish mission to reach Indians of NY and PA, especially the Kaunaumeek and Susquehanna Indians

Wrote a diary of his discouragements, disillusionments, and persistence in spite of battling tuberculosis

He would eventually establish an American-like Protestant church among the Indians

His ill health forced him to recuperate in the home of Jonathan Edwards, whose daughter, Jerusha, he hoped to marry. He died 4 months later, then Jerusha died of the same disease.

For the next 250 years most missionaries testify to have been impacted by Brainerd’s diary

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David Brainerd among Kaunaumeek indians

William Carey Raised in a small village, from a weaver’s family Converted at 18, left the Anglican Church for the Particular

Baptists. He walked 5 miles each way to attend Bible studies Two years later he became a schoolmaster, and shoe cobbler, then one

year later a bi-vocational Baptist pastor

He committed himself to missions after reading Last Voyage of Captain Cook, who described the vast pagans.

At 21 Carey mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Italian, and was turning to Dutch and French, all while repairing shoes.

After making a globe out of leather, while meditating on the people represented: "If it be the duty of all men to believe the Gospel ... then it be the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations." And Carey sobbed out, "Here am I; send me!” -- to be continued in the next section…

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Third Awakening (1850-1900s)

After the Civil War, multiple revivals began, especially the South

Evangelist Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) built the largest Sunday School , then led large and lengthy campaigns in England and Scotland

This would start a series of city-wide crusades that would continue for 100 years by different evangelists

Hudson Taylor challenged him to take responsibility for world evangelism, which was the major purpose of founding Moody Bible Institute

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