The Second Great Awakening - 1799-1830
The first Great Awakening occurred almost sixty years prior to this second Great Awakening, in 1740. Both Awakenings had a great impact on American Christianity.
The second Great Awakening started in New England and also on the western frontier. There were as many as 20,000 people who would be camped out at the meetings listening to the Word of God as it was being preached. A great wave of desire among Christians to reform America was a result of the second Great Awakening. It is possible that the most conversions in any era of American History was the greatest during this time period.
Sadly, it did come to an end when Charles Finney preached erroneous doctrine. He also spread 'new measures' for evangelism. Finney later became president of Oberlin College. He changed the face of the church and evangelicalism in America.
But the camp meetings continued as a tradition in many denominations even after the Second Great Awakening was past.
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