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Gilbert Tennent

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Gilbert Tennent 1703-64, American Presbyterian clergyman, leading preacher of the Great Awakening , b. Ireland; son of William Tennent. He moved with his parents to Pennsylvania c.1718. Installed as pastor at New Brunswick, N.J., in 1726, he soon became the leader of a revival movement among the Presbyterians in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. A friend of George Whitefield , Tennent made (1740-41) an evangelistic tour in New England. Opposition to the revival from conservatives in the Presbyterian Church led to a schism (1741-58). Tennent led the "New Side" but later used his... Read more
Gilbert Tennent
Gilbert Tennent Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764), American Presbyterian clergyman and evangelist...the Great Awakening, in the Middle colonies and New England. Gilbert Tennent, eldest son of William Tennent, was born on Feb. 5, 1703, in... Read more
Great Awakening, The
...Frelinghuysen of the New Jersey Dutch Reformed Church; Gilbert Tennent, a New Jersey Presbyterian; and such lesser men as...Side and an Old Side, the former led by William and Gilbert Tennent, being instrumental in the founding of Princeton University... Read more

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