Great Awakening

Half a century ago, established churches looked askance at young men newly interested in Jesus. Let us welcome and exhort them today.

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged their ministries.

How pastors can reconnect with joy in challenging times.

How the prophet’s ministry helps us understand what may come next a year after revival broke out.

Founded by an enslaved minister in 1776, the historic Baptist site had been covered by a museum parking lot.

A decade after the first missionaries arrived, the gospel tore across the islands in the 1830s.

A new biography helps us come to terms with the unsavory side of the great revivalist’s mission to America.

Pulitzer Prize–winner Frances FitzGerald looks at the long history behind evangelical political activism.

Whites and blacks worshiped together in colonial America. What happened?