Jim Wallis
LAST MONTH, I spoke at the Park Street Church in Boston, where the premier evangelist of the Second Great Awakening, Charles Finney, preached in 1831. The Billy Graham of his day, Finney called people to faith in Jesus Christ and then to enlist in the antislavery campaign. Finney actually pioneered the "altar call" that Billy Graham would later make famous. ... (Full article: 735 words)
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