The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening began in 1790, picked up speed in 1800, and by 1820 many people were a part of Methodist and Baptist parishes. These Methodist and Baptist parish leaders were the ones who led this Great Awakening. This movement stressed returning to church, but this movement also led to many new denominations forming in the Christian religion. Some of these new denominations died out shortly after, but a few hung around, one of these being the Mormon denomination. This movement formed in New York, but shortly after moved to Illinois, where the settlement there reached more than 15,000 people before Joseph Smith was killed. After he was killed, the Mormons moved to Utah, where they established a permanent settlement, and have been there since they settled down. Instead of the usual hellfire and damnation that the preachers normally preached, this movement stressed the second coming of Jesus Christ, the most prominent of these ministers being Charles G. Finney, who was leaps and bounds ahead of his time by fighting for social reforms such as the abolition of slavery and more women's rights. He was reknowned for his extemporanous preaching, which is like writing down things like an outline but using the writing only as a guide, and preaching almost totally from the heart. These are some of the prominent people and things that arose from the Second Great Awakening.
Isaac Hamilton