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Lectures on Revival

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.

22 Lectures on "revivals" of religion and Christian evangelism.

This is a collection of twenty-two lectures given by Finney at Chatham Chapel in New York City in 1835. Notes of these lectures were taken by the editor of the New York Evangelist, after which they were printed in book form. Finney gained renown as a preacher and leader of revival meetings in New York State and throughout New England in the 1820's and 30's. Even during his later years at Oberlin College he conducted a number of revivals, including a tour in Great Britain (1859). These lectures discuss many aspects - theological, moral, and practical – of Christian evangelism and "revivals" of religion. Ever since the First Great Awakening, this has been a subject of great interest throughout the Protestant Church in America. Finney's insights and teachings stem from personal experience, scriptural testimony, and carefully reasoned lines of thought.

Theology & Doctrine

Evangelism