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Lectures to Professing Christians

Charles G Finney

Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875) was an influential American Congregational minister, professor of theology, and revivalist. He was born in Connecticut, but grew up in New York State, where he began his career as a lawyer in 1820. Soon he turned to the ministry, after experiencing his own conversion, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1824. Finney became renowned as an evangelist, preaching and leading revival meetings throughout New York and other cities in New England. From 1832 to 1836 he served as a pastor in New York City before becoming a professor at Oberlin College in Ohio. In these years he developed carefully constructed theological lectures aimed at promoting revival - evangelism, social reform, and the practice of "Christian perfection". Finney remained at Oberlin until his death, serving as a Congregational pastor, teacher, and president of the college (1852-66), while also conducting several revival tours in America and Great Britain.

25 Lectures on the nature of true religion and Christian experience.

This is a collection of twenty-five lectures given by Finney during his years as a pastor in New York City (1836-37). Notes of these lectures were taken by the editor of the New York Evangelist, after which they were revised and printed in book form. Principal points of doctrine are addressed, but the emphasis throughout is on true religion and Christian experience, leading to perfection of the believer in Christ. Each lecture begins with a passage of scripture and ends with a series of remarks for application and exhortation.

Theology & Doctrine

Perfection