Charles Finney is perhaps one of, if not the most influential preachers during the Second Great Awakening. Charles Finney was born on August 29th, 1792, in Warren Connecticut. He left his law practice and began an informal study of the Bible. And in July 1824 he was ordained a Presbyterian minister. He made himself known to be a Congregationalist for most of his life. From 1824 to 1833 C. Finney led religious revivals and preached throughout the northeastern United States. He was most known in northern New York, where he was a very well known evangelist, In Rochester, where he was invited to live by this city’s religious and business leaders and their views. He wrote numerous important and influential theological works. In 1836 C. Finney’s
