A farmer in 18th century Philadelphia was out in his field one day when he thought he heard the voice of God. Later that night, a friend told him that the voice actually belonged to the Rev. George ...

The revivalist preached, ‘Come and be married to Christ’—and sparked the Great Awakening. Editor’s note: What do you get when a charismatic thespian bumps into the Wesley brothers in college? “The ...

George Whitefield, Jarena Lee and Charles Finney. From John Hughes to Joseph Smith, scroll to see how different people living during America's formative years influenced the current state of religion ...

GEORGE WHITEFIELD: AMERICA’S SPIRITUAL FOUNDING FATHER By Thomas S. Kidd Yale University Press, $38, 344 pages In the fall of 1764, George Whitefield, itinerant evangelical preacher, gave a ...

"His motions through the world are so swift that it is more easy to be informed where he has been than where he is. . ." The phenomenon of Rev. George Whitefield (1714-1770) as summarized by a ...

(RNS) Future evangelists -- most notably Billy Graham -- followed a pattern set by Whitefield of making the most of the media available in their time. (RNS) If YouTube had existed in the 1700s, George ...

George Whitefield, the great 18th century evangelist, spoke these words at a funeral service: Do you think any farmer would have a crop of corn next year unless he plowed now? You may as well expect a ...

Whitfield County in North Georgia is named for a forgotten forerunner of the Great American Revolution. Although he never came to the local area, George Whitefield (the spelling of the name was ...

NEWBURYPORT — The city is preparing year-round activities in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the death of George Whitefield, often referred to as “the forgotten Founding Father.” The 18th ...

If YouTube had existed in the 1700s, George Whitefield, hailed by scholars as the best-known evangelist of that century, would have been all over it. Whitefield (pronounced WIT-field), who was born in ...