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Key Leaders of the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening of the 18th century in America was led by three key figures: George Whitefield, an Anglican preacher who made 7 visits to America and drew huge crowds of up to 30,000 people; John Wesley, the founder of Methodism who came from a Puritan mother and Episcopalian father; and Jonathan Edwards, a preacher who was an interpreter and defender of the Great Awakening.

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Key Leaders of the Great Awakening

The Great Awakening of the 18th century in America was led by three key figures: George Whitefield, an Anglican preacher who made 7 visits to America and drew huge crowds of up to 30,000 people; John Wesley, the founder of Methodism who came from a Puritan mother and Episcopalian father; and Jonathan Edwards, a preacher who was an interpreter and defender of the Great Awakening.

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The Great Awakening:

18th Century America

Sijoe Kurian

1
The 3 Key Leaders

Whitefield

Edwards Wesley 2
George Whitefield
1714 - 1770
In 1738 made 1st of
7 visits to the America
Ordained Anglican
Known as “Great Itinerant”
Member of Wesley’s
Oxford “Holy Club”
Popular as G. Washington
Huge crowds: 30,000
3
John Wesley
1703 – 1791

Father was Episcopalean

priest, mother was Puritan


founder of the Methodist

movement

4
Jonathan Edwards
1703-1758
Interpreter of and
apologist for the
Great Awakening

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