Camp meetings were an important part of the Second Great Awakening. They spread religion from the East to the West. Several things came about during the Second Great Awakening.
During the Second Great Awakening, camp meetings were a feature of frontier religious life. Camp meetings started in Logan county, Kentucky. Eventually, other states had camp meetings too. Thousands gathered at the camp meetings to listen to preachers. People would set up tents because these meetings would last several days. These gatherings were not held by just one congregation; “Preachers of every denomination attended and were encouraged to exhort the throng simultaneously from preaching stands erected at suitable distances” (Corrigan 127). Camp meetings
During the Second Great Awakening, camp meetings were a feature of frontier religious life. Camp meetings started in Logan county, Kentucky. Eventually, other states had camp meetings too. Thousands gathered at the camp meetings to listen to preachers. People would set up tents because these meetings would last several days. These gatherings were not held by just one congregation; “Preachers of every denomination attended and were encouraged to exhort the throng simultaneously from preaching stands erected at suitable distances” (Corrigan 127). Camp meetings