Quiz 2 (Ch 35) Flashcards
Two goals of the protestant expansion?
- Missionary Expansion
- Revivals
The Evangelicals:
- John Newton
- William Cowper
- Isaac Milner
- Charles Simeon
What was the Clapham Sect:
- Made up of wealthy individuals who had their homes in Clapham
- Provided many of the law leaders in social reform between 1790-1815
- They normally met in the oval library of Henry Thornton
Who was part of the Clapham Sect:
- Charles Grant
- William Wilberforce
- Lord Shaftsbury
- Robert Raikes
Nonconformists ( Free from church denomination):
- William Booth John Nelson Darby - George Müler - Edward Irving - George Williams - Charles H. Spurgeon
A closer look at four notable missionaries:
- William Carey
- Adoniran and Ann Judson
- David Livingstone
- J. Hudson Taylor
During the 19th century a number of Bible Societies were set up, these two societies were set up for what two primary reasons?
- Missionary Effort
- Bible Translation
John Newton
- A captain to a slave trader ship, who was converted and later ordained in ministry
- Wrote hymns “Amazing Grace” and “How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds”
William Cowper
- Influenced Newton
- Wrote “There is a fountain filled with blood”
Isaac Milner and Charles Simeon
Made Cambridge University a center for Evangelical forces and helped produce a Calvinist Philosophy…
Charles Grant
Chairman of the East India Company
William Wilberforce
- Member of Parliament
- Converted through Isaac Milner’s efforts
- Dedicated himself to the abolition of slavery
- By 1833 an act was passed by English Parliament which abolished slavery
Lord Shaftsbury
- Son of a socialite mother and a drunk father
- Nurse led him to Christ
- At age 14 he dedicated himself to the poor and oppressed
- 1840 he helped secure passage of laws that would keep boys under 16 from the dangerous work of chimney sweeps
- 1842, succeeded in getting legislation passed that barred boys under 10 and women from woking in the mines
- 1845 protected the insane asylums
Robert Raikes
- Instrumental in making Sunday school movement popular
- Religious training and elementary instruction in reading, writing, and simple arithmetic
William Booth
- Founded the Salvation Army
- Movement begun to reach down and outs by open air evangelism and social work
- modeled along military line with hierarchy organization and uniforms