Charles G. Finney. Known as the father of modern revivalism, he was a pioneer of cooperation among Protestant denominations. He believed that conversions were human creations instead of the divine works of God, and that people's destinies were in their own hands. sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr. as __________: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.