George Whitefield

George Whitefield (December 16th 1714 - September 30th 1770), was Pasteur of the church of England and one of the leaders of the Méthodisme. With the difference of John Wesley, Whitefield preached according to the doctrines calvinist.

Youths

George Whitefield was born on December 16th, 1714 with the Bell inn with Gloucester in England and died on September 30th, 1770 with Newburyport in the Massachusetts.

In the Anglo-Saxon countries, George Whitefield is considered, and not John Wesley, like the most important figure of the methodism. It is famous for its preachings which are among most important of what one named the " the Large Alarm clock ".

He was the son of a widow who had an inn with Gloucester. Very young person, Whitefield showed gifts in the field of the eloquence and the theater. He was educated in Crypt School in Gloucester and the Pembroke college in Oxford.

Being given that it was poor, George Whitefield entered as servant to the service of many pupils which attended like him Oxford.

It took share with the " Holy Club" at the university of Oxford with the brothers John and Charles Wesley.Après reading of " Life of God in the heart of the homme" about Henry Scougal, he was particularly worried state of his heart.

Its piety pushed the archbishop of Gloucester to order it before the lawful age.

Voyages and evangelization

Whitefield preached its first sermon with the Crypt church in its town of Gloucester. It left for America where he became Pasteur in the town of Savannah in Georgia. It turned over at his place the following year.

It separated from John Wesley on the question of predestination for laquel George Whitefield followed the doctrines calvinist. three churches were established on its behalf in England: with Bristol and two others, the " Moorfields Gate vault " and the " Vault Tottenham Short Road " in London.

After the meeting of one company at the second school of Kingswood with Kingswood, a city in the Bristol-board east, a church was also called Whitefield' S Tabernacle. Whitefield became chaplain of Selina, countess of Huntingdon and many its partisans joined the circle of close relations of the countess of Huntingdon, which the vaults were maintained with its expenses and where a form of methodism calvinist similar to that of Whitefield was propagated. Many vaults were built in the English counties and in Wales, and one was built in London - the vault Spa Fields.

In 1738 Whitefield précha a series of preachings in Georgia. It establishes there the Bethesda orphanage, which exists still nowadays. In Georgia, there was in the beginning a prohibition with regard to slavery. As in 1749, there existed a movement to introduce it that Whitefield supported. It had slaves who worked with the orphanage, and whom it bequeathed to the contess of Huntingdon when it died. When it turned over to America in November 1739, it preached almost each day of the month to an important assistance of several thousands of people whereas it travelled in the colonies, particularly in New England.

Like its contemporary and friendly Jonathan Edwards (theologist), Whitefield précha with a theology calvinist. He was known for his eloquence and his ability to move the people on the sacrifice of the Cross.

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