Samaia Moore: Religion in the Early 1800s

The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival during the early 1800s. This movement began around the 1790's , was at its peak in the 1800s, and kept rising rapidly after the 1820s where the Baptists and Methodists were creating a movement led by the preachers of their congregation.The Second Great Awakening sparked the establishment of new members of evangelical denominations which then led to the formation of new denominations.

Baptists

Largest Christian denomination
Rejected infant baptism
Most Baptists are evangelical in doctrine
Jesus Christ is their Lord Savior and is symbolic of the cleansing of their sins

Methodists

Founder of Methodists movement was John Wesley
Did not arise as a result of doctrine dispute, but practical Christianity
Used the Bible to study and prayed to receive acts of charity and communion
Became known as the "Holy Club"

Unitarians

Belief that God exists as one person not three
Believed that the Holy Spirit is not a person
Believed that human reason and experience is the final authority in determining spiritual truth

Mormons

Believed that Jesus Christ is their Savior and the Son of God
Believed that the church they attend is the same church Jesus established when he was on Earth
Joesph Smith founded Mormonism and people believed that he was chosen by God to restore the Church of Jesus Christ to the Earth

Presbyterians

The word "Presbyterian" comes from the Greek Bible from the word "elder"
Governed by elders
Came from the Protestant Reformation
Believed that their only authoritative guide for faith and life was from the Bible

Congregationalists