Great Awakening Revival
The first of the Great Awakenings, intense widespread revivals led by ministers, that resulted in an increase of members and the formation of new denominations, began in the 1730's and proceeded till 1743. Due to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Church of England became established as the reigning religion of their country. A series of Great Awakenings ensued. This first revival was led by primarily by three men, but other ministers preached their same beliefs. The first of these three was Gilbert Tennant. Tennant began one of the first manifestations of revivalists in the Americas. Jonathan Edwards began his first revival in 1733 in Northampton, Massachusetts. He taught the Reformed Theology, God communicates his knowledge of himself
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This posed to be a great devastation when splits occurred and members joined new churches. The Great Awakening brought forth new denominations, mostly Baptist churches, because the Awakening consisted of many separatists. The established religion in those colonies didn't have the same authoritative power it once obtained. It challenges the established churches to think of conforming to this new way of thinking, for fear of losing members. As more colonists began to identify with other churches, they felt apt to oppose payment to churches, because they no longer attended or believed in the Christian church's message. They didn't want to pay for something that wasn't beneficial to them. The First Great Awakening brought colonists a boldness to confront religious authority. In that way, the people were inclined to maintain a separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson played a key role in tax exemptions for members out of the Anglican Church. He created a state constitution in 1776 and three years later, presented a bill that granted complete religious freedom to all the people in the state of Virginia. In a matter of just 50 years, all Southern, as well as, Middle colonies, had abolished their earlier rooted and traditional churches. The diversity of individual religious experience, resulted in the expansion of denominations and a drift into new spiritual
This posed to be a great devastation when splits occurred and members joined new churches. The Great Awakening brought forth new denominations, mostly Baptist churches, because the Awakening consisted of many separatists. The established religion in those colonies didn't have the same authoritative power it once obtained. It challenges the established churches to think of conforming to this new way of thinking, for fear of losing members. As more colonists began to identify with other churches, they felt apt to oppose payment to churches, because they no longer attended or believed in the Christian church's message. They didn't want to pay for something that wasn't beneficial to them. The First Great Awakening brought colonists a boldness to confront religious authority. In that way, the people were inclined to maintain a separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson played a key role in tax exemptions for members out of the Anglican Church. He created a state constitution in 1776 and three years later, presented a bill that granted complete religious freedom to all the people in the state of Virginia. In a matter of just 50 years, all Southern, as well as, Middle colonies, had abolished their earlier rooted and traditional churches. The diversity of individual religious experience, resulted in the expansion of denominations and a drift into new spiritual