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[[File:Second Awakening.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A meeting of Methodists in 1839]]

[[File:Second Awakening.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A meeting of Methodists in 1839]]

The '''Second Great Awakening''' (1800–1840s) was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity, fueling the rapid growth of numerous denominations, especially the [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]], Baptists, and Disciples. It came a half century after the [[First Great Awakening]] and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings. Major leaders included [[Charles Grandison Finney]], [[Lyman Beecher]], [[Barton Stone]], [[Peter Cartwright]] and [[James B. Finley]].   

The '''Second Great Awakening''' (1800–1840s) was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity, fueling the rapid growth of numerous denominations, especially the [[United Methodist Church|Methodists]], Baptists, and Disciples. It came a half century after the [[First Great Awakening]] and consisted of renewed personal salvation experienced in revival meetings. Major leaders included [[Charles Grandison Finney]], [[Lyman Beecher]], Barton Stone, Peter Cartwright and James B. Finley.   

[[William Miller]] led a premillennial movement in New York that predicted the Second Coming on Oct. 22, 1844; after that non-event, a remnant formed the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].

[[William Miller]] led a premillennial movement in New York that predicted the Second Coming on Oct. 22, 1844; after that non-event, a remnant formed the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].