April 15 – Revival
One of the things we know about the land where our cabin rests is that there was probably a time when old fashioned camp-meeting revivals were held in the meadow here. Preachers and evangelists traveled throughout the countryside bringing messages of hope and life change to people wherever they would gather. At different times there were grist-mills on the river and people gathered regularly in this area making this the perfect location for revival.
In Cane Ridge, Kentucky, a camp meeting was announced and while a large crowd was expected, over 20,000 people from many different denominations came together and fell under the power of the Holy Spirit. Hundreds of people came forward to begin a relationship with Jesus.
The second Great Awakening had begun and these camp meetings would be held across America for the next thirty years, reaching pioneers where they lived.
One of the ideas that came from the Cane Ridge Revival (and its pastor – Rev. Barton W. Stone) was that if Christians left everything behind except the Bible, they would be able to live like New Testament Christians. He joined a man – Alexander Campbell and together they formed a group which would only call themselves ‘Christians’ or ‘Disciples.’ They wanted Christians to once again be a unified group, eliminating all denominational differences. The only problem was, this group itself soon divided into varying sects. This was the Restorationist movement and it would impact several different denominations that we know today.
One of the things we know about the land where our cabin rests is that there was probably a time when old fashioned camp-meeting revivals were held in the meadow here. Preachers and evangelists traveled throughout the countryside bringing messages of hope and life change to people wherever they would gather. At different times there were grist-mills on the river and people gathered regularly in this area making this the perfect location for revival.
In Cane Ridge, Kentucky, a camp meeting was announced and while a large crowd was expected, over 20,000 people from many different denominations came together and fell under the power of the Holy Spirit. Hundreds of people came forward to begin a relationship with Jesus.
The second Great Awakening had begun and these camp meetings would be held across America for the next thirty years, reaching pioneers where they lived.
One of the ideas that came from the Cane Ridge Revival (and its pastor – Rev. Barton W. Stone) was that if Christians left everything behind except the Bible, they would be able to live like New Testament Christians. He joined a man – Alexander Campbell and together they formed a group which would only call themselves ‘Christians’ or ‘Disciples.’ They wanted Christians to once again be a unified group, eliminating all denominational differences. The only problem was, this group itself soon divided into varying sects. This was the Restorationist movement and it would impact several different denominations that we know today.
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