5. LATER SHOOTS

5.1 Evangelicals

Evangelicals continued to gain strength in the Church of England, although it was not till later that a strong evangelical theology emerged.

5.2 Pentecostals and Charismatics

The seeds of the later Pentecostal movements were watered during the eighteenth century revival. Many of the modern charismatic phenomena were experienced in the preaching of Whitfield and Wesley, including people making strange noises and falling down in a faint. Wesley and Whitfield after a short time did not encourage such outbreaks. The theology of Pentecostalism also has roots which go back through the Holiness Movements of the nineteenth century to Wesleyan  Arminianism.

5.3 Social Action

Both the evangelicals and the Methodists were strong on social action and this fostered a strong tradition which has continued in different forms to the present day.

©Dale Appleby 2009