George Whitefield
George Whitefield was an English Anglican cleric and evangelist, a leading figure of the First Great Awakening in colonial America and the evangelical revival in Britain.
Known for his powerful oratory and theatrical preaching style, he drew massive outdoor crowds—sometimes tens of thousands—in an era before amplification.
His friendship and later theological disputes with John Wesley shaped early Methodism, though Whitefield remained Calvinist.
He made seven voyages to America and died in Massachusetts in 1770.
Clergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- homileticsScience of sermon-making
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
voice projection · extemporaneous · spellbinding · crowds · thousands · Benjamin Franklin · plain speech
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- salvationDeliverance from harm
justification · atonement · original sin · total depravity · doctrine · gospel · faith · repentance
Colonial American spiritual movement
- itinerantMoving for work
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- religious fervorIntense spiritual devotion
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
camp meeting · new birth · transatlantic · spiritual awakening · evangelical fervor · born again
Britain's state religion
- ordainedOfficially appointed to ministry
- deaconJunior clergy member
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- OxfordHistoric English university town
Gloucester · parish · clergy · ecclesiastical · bishop · dissent · nonconformity · church politics
Western superpower nation
- SavannahGeorgian seaport or name
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
- New EnglandNortheast U.S. region
American Christianity · transatlantic crossings · burial site
Historic English university town
- connexionRelationship or link
- societiesOrganized groups of people
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
- MoraviansInhabitants of Czech region
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- homileticsScience of sermon-making
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
eloquence · voice projection · extemporaneous · spellbinding · crowds · thousands · Benjamin Franklin · plain speech
Calvinism
Predestinarian Protestant theology
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- electionOrganized public voting
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
salvation · justification · atonement · original sin · total depravity · doctrine · gospel · faith · repentance · redemption
Great Awakening
Colonial American spiritual movement
- itinerantMoving for work
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- religious fervorIntense spiritual devotion
awakening · camp meeting · new birth · transatlantic · spiritual awakening · evangelical fervor · born again
Church of England
Britain's state religion
Oxford · Gloucester · parish · clergy · ecclesiastical · bishop · dissent · nonconformity · church politics
America
Western superpower nation
- SavannahGeorgian seaport or name
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- BostonMassachusetts state capital
New England · American Christianity · transatlantic crossings · burial site
Oxford
Historic English university town
- connexionRelationship or link
- societiesOrganized groups of people
- class meetingScheduled student group gathering
- British ChristianityChurch of England, Methodism, Methodists, Anglicanism, dissenters
- evangelistsevangelist, evangelists, missionary, revivalist, revivalists
- CalvinistsJohn Calvin, Calvinists, Presbyterians, Synod of Dort
- MethodismWesley, Methodist Church, Methodist, United Methodist Church, Methodism
- Methodist Leaderscircuit rider, itinerant preacher, class leader, ordained minister, superintendent
- Reformed ChristianityCalvinist, Calvinism, predestination, Westminster Confession, John Calvin
George WhitefieldDavid Hume
Scottish Enlightenment philosopher
Voltaire · deist · Thomas Paine · Unitarian · latitudinarian
George WhitefieldWilliam Wilberforce