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Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches
The excellent memoirs of Charles G. Finney are published here in
their original form: the preface, all thirty-six chapters and the
conclusion are included. Charles G. Finney stands as one of the
greatest preachers to ever grace the United States. In this book we
encounter his life story, told in his own moving and eloquent
terms. We journey with the great reverend as he captains revival
after revival, preaching the word of God to crowds in great cities
and villages alike. His eloquent and conscientious sermons, and
support of Christian perfection, appealed to many Americans of the
era. An inspiring story honestly told, we witness the spiritual
growth of Finney and the lessons he dispensed to congregations far
and wide. Eventually Finney would spread his spiritual wisdom to
England and Scotland, where he received a warm reception. A leading
Presbyterian, it was through tireless campaigning that Finney
united many Christians voices against the slavery, which was
abolished after the American Civil War.
What is the church to make of the many new expressions of worship
springing up across the nation and the world? A gathering of
academic theologians, New Worshiping Community practitioners, and
leaders from within Presbyterian councils met at Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary to start the conversation. New Worshiping
Communities documents those discussions and provides theological
and biblical foundations to the 1001 New Worshiping Communities
movement in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The participants in
this conversation have sought to put flesh on the bones of what a
New Worshiping Community is, by defining it as: New Seeking to make
and form new disciples of Jesus Christ Taking on varied forms of
church for our changing culture Worshiping Gathered by the Spirit
to meet Jesus Christ in Word and sacrament Sent by the Spirit to
join Gods mission for the transformation of the world Community
Practicing mutual care and accountability Developing sustainability
in leadership and finances
This book offers a new interpretation of political reform in the
settler colonies of Britain's empire in the early nineteenth
century. It examines the influence of Scottish Presbyterian
dissenting churches and their political values. It re-evaluates
five notorious Scottish reformers and unpacks the Presbyterian
foundation to their political ideas: Thomas Pringle (1789-1834), a
poet in Cape Town; Thomas McCulloch (1776-1843), an educator in
Pictou; John Dunmore Lang (1799-1878), a church minister in Sydney;
William Lyon Mackenzie (1795-1861), a rebel in Toronto; and Samuel
McDonald Martin (1805?-1848), a journalist in Auckland. The book
weaves the five migrants' stories together for the first time and
demonstrates how the campaigns they led came to be intertwined. The
book will appeal to historians of Scotland, Britain, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the British Empire and the
Scottish diaspora.
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