Protestantism

Protestantism is one of the major umbrella religions in the U.S., and is constantly evolving in response to political and social changes.

Key Points

• Evangelicalism is the conversion of individuals, through the preaching of the Word. from a state of sin to a “new birth”.

• The Great Awakening refers to a northeastern Protestant revival movement that took place in the 1730s and 1740s.

• The Second Great Awakening has been called the central and defining event in the development of Afro-Christianity. It began after many African Americans became dissatisfied with their treatment in white churches, and disappointed by their fellow believers’ disinterest in abolishing slavery.

• The Federal Council of Churches, founded in 1908, marked the first major expression of a growing, modern ecumenical movement among Christians in the United States.

• The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States represented, in the 1950s, an extension and expansion of the Federal Council of Churches, the International Council of Religious Education, and several other interchurch ministries.

• Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was but one of many notable black ministers involved in the Civil Rights Movement.

• Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was but one of many notable black ministers involved in the Civil Rights Movement.
  

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