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
John Nelson Darby
- Lawyer who became curate of the Church of Ireland
- Organized The Brethren in Dublin
- The Brethren emphasized the priesthood of all believers and the direct guidance of the Holy Spirit….. to such an extent that they did not accept an ordain ministry
George Müler
- Founded an orphanage
- Ran orphanage solely by faith
Edward Irving
- Scottish Presbyterian minister
- Believed that the church should enjoy the gift of the Holy Spirit that it had in NT times
- Followers emphasized speaking in tongues and the imminent return of Christ
George Williams
-Founded YMCA
D.L. Moody stayed there in Chicago
Charles H. Spurgeon
- Baptist
- People would write down and sell his sermons for a cent
- Crowds grew so much that they moved to Metropolitan Tabernacle which had 4,700 seats
- added 15,000 to the church between 1761-1834
- Opened the Pastors College which trained about 900 preachers by the time he died (you needed 2 yrs experience before attending)
William Carey
- English Baptist who devoted his life to taking the gospel to India
- Under educated and poor but educated himself to become the father of missions
- He founded Serampore College
- Translated the Bible in 6 languages
- Translated parts of the Bible in 29 other languages
- “Expect great things! Attempt great things”
- Worked in India for 41 years
Adoniran and Ann Judson
- Before conversion he was a cynical actor who rejected faith, she was town belle
- powerful conversion
- Sailed to India 13 days after they got married
- Went welcome in India by Britain empire went to Burma
- They found it dark and cheerless and unpromising
- Ann suffered from smallpox
- Adoniram suffered from sever depression as a result of losing his wife and child
- When he recovered he translated the Bible in Burmese
David Livingstone
- He was a seeker of 1,000 villages where no missionary had been
- He was also a Cartographer
- Social activist who wanted to rid the slave trade in Africa
- He traveled walking from east to west Africa
- When he died his heart was buried in Africa
J. Hudson Taylor
- He wanted to become Chinese
- Fonder of the China Inland Mission
- This organization is still in existence and known as Overseas Missionary Fellowship
- At age 4 he wanted to become a missionary to China
- He tried to become Chinese by dying his hair black, donned a false pigtail and Chinese spectacles and baggy clothing
