<P> Charles Grandison Finney ( August 29 , 1792 -- August 16 , 1875 ) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States . He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism . Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825 -- 1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan , an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology , an advocate of Christian perfectionism , and a religious writer . </P>
<P> Charles Grandison Finney ( August 29 , 1792 -- August 16 , 1875 ) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States . He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism . Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825 -- 1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan , an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology , an advocate of Christian perfectionism , and a religious writer . </P>
where did charles grandison finney launch his spectacular revivals
where did charles grandison finney launch his spectacular revivals
upstate New York Manhattan
upstate New York Manhattan