Issue 45. Camp Meetings & Circuit Riders—Frontier Revivals


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Summary
The Methodist leadership typically would ask four questions of circuit rider volunteers: 1) Is this man truly converted? 2) Does he know and keep our rules? 3) Can he preach acceptably? 4) Has he a horse? Open this issue of Christian History & Biography to learn more about the young, common men who rode themselves to exhaustion while spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. Their ministry sparked an American religious revolution that would firmly ground Christianity as a staple of Americanism.

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • Revival at Cane Ridge
    What exactly happened at the most important camp meeting in American history?
  • Also:
    Piercing Screams and Heavenly Smiles
    An eyewitness account of signs and wonders at early camp meetings.
  • A Bird's-Eye View of a Camp Meeting
  • Wrestling with God and Man
    Dramatic accounts from the frontier's most popular autobiography.
  • Holy, 'Knock-'em-Down' Preachers
    The common Methodist circuit rider transformed American Christianity.
  • The Gallery:
    Trendsetters in the Religious Wilderness
    The early American frontier produced zealous, and often eccentric leaders.
  • Counter-Culture Christianity
    A look at the radical utopian communities that sprang up across the early frontier.
  • Rejecting the "Negro Pew"
    As revival religion blossomed, so did the independent black church.
  • Also: All Sins Swept Away
    A slave describes her delayed but dramatic conversion.
  • Focus on the Frontier Family
    How Methodists strengthened the Christian home—and changed it.
  • The Great Spirit Descends
    A stirring camp meeting among Native Americans.
  • The Christian History Interview:
    Revivals that Changed a Nation
    Frontier faith captured the heart of the common person—and molded America's character.
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Editor
  • CH Timeline
  • Recommended Resources


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