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The Second Great Awakening ☺ By Taylor Carson kristina borelli Topic: The Second Great Awakening.

Focus: Charles Grandison Finney and his life involving god and his religion.

Reason for choice: Because his life was very interesting. He quit his job of being a lawyer to go and preach to people.

What's your point? (Thesis): Charels Finney was the biggest influence in the second great awakening.  What three reasons do you have that will back up your point? 1 - left his duties of being in the law office to become preacher, future minister. 2 - He made new protestian belifes 3 - He was called the Father of modern revivalism.

What is your first reason and three to five facts to support it?

The First reason Finney was our focus is because he left his duties in the law office to be a preacher, and a future minister.He studied to become a licensed minister when he was 29, and successfully became one. He then moved to New York City in 1832 where he pastored the Chatham Street Chapel. All of his work resulted in a positive way because he proudly Founded and pastored the Broadway Tabernacle, known today as Broadway United Church of Christ.

The second reason we picked a focus of Finney was that he established new protestan beliefs. He challanged them by telling congregations that each individual was responsible for his or her own salvation and that sin was avoidable. He held many prayer meetings, that usually lasted for a couple days, and most of the people would become converted. When people became converted he would make them perform good deeds for their community to prove that they really did belive in their faith and wanted to be a part of it.

The third reason is that Charles Finney was called the Father of revivalism. he converted alot of people to turn to the religion he believed was true. He belived that you were the one that commited the sins and you have a chance to stop yourself from commiting them. Even though alot of other popular ministers in the time did not like him or agree with him, he didnt care, he did what he thought was right.

We can conclude Charels Finney was commited to his opinion and wouldnt change himself for anyone. He was determined to do what he thought was best for himself and others.

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