3/-1830► 3rd Great Awakening

 The Third Worldwide Awakening of 1830 Fast on the heels of 
the Second Great Awakening, the third wave of heavenly 
power crashed on the shores of the evangelical world, 
this time without the usual decline.

 Asahel Nettleton and Charles Finney are names which dominate 
the American scene, while another American, James Caughey was 
the most notable revival evangelist active in England. 
Finney's well documented ministry began in 1830 and netted 
100,000 souls within one year! 
The Methodist Episcopal church steadily increased 
in the 1830's,especially through camp-meetings. 
But their numbers doubled in 1840-1842. 
Other denominations flourished too. 
The greatest effect of this revival was felt far beyond 
the boarders of North America and for centuries to come. 
Finney's philosophy of revival, expressed in his autobiography and 
explained in his "Revivals of Religion", has subsequently affected
 thousands of Christians and precipitated revivals around the world. 
In the UK revivals were widespread throughout the 1830's. 
Evangelists like Robert Aitkin and William Haslam held highly 
successful missions. 
Brethrenism began during this period, restoring the doctrine of
 the church and the doctrine of the return of Christ. It's noticeable personalities 
were J. N. Darby and George Müller who pioneered orphanage work, evangelism 
and missionary enterprise. Another restoration movement was led by Edward Irving, 
who strongly believed in the restoration of spiritual gifts 
and apostolic ministries to the church. 

John Elias, Christmas Evans and William Williams stormed Wales 
with their powerful preaching. Scotland also boasted some great revivalists 
like John and Horatius Bonar, the revival veteran, Thomas Chalmers, 
Robert Murray McCheyne, W. H. Burns and his son, William Chalmers Burns. 

On the wider international front, there were local revivals in various parts of the world, 
particularly in Scandinavia, central Europe, South Africa, the Pacific Islands, India, 
Malabar, and Ceylon. This awakening, which began in 1830 only lasted about 12 years 
ending around 1842. It should be noted that this revival period is often seen as one 
with the former period. There were a constant stream of spasmodic revivals from 
1800-1820 which petered out through the next few years and then 
exploded from about 1830 onwards. 
Some of the evangelists, like Asahel Nettleton, 
played a major role in both periods 
and some scholars, particularly Orr, refer to 
this revival time as a 'resurgence.' 
Nevertheless, 
because of the 'new measures' and anti-Calvinistic Arminianism of 
Charles Finney and the astounding influence of this man's ministry 
it should be seen as quite a separate event.