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Encyclopedia - Second Great Awakening: Encyclopedia - Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was the second great religious revival in United States history and consisted of several kinds of activity, di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cane Ridge Kentucky: Encyclopedia - Cane Ridge Kentucky
Cane Ridge, Kentucky, was the site, in 1801, of a large camp meeting which drew thousands of people and had a lasting influence as one of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission: Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission
The Apostolic Faith Mission or The Apostolic Faith Church is a worldwide Wesleyan-Pentecostal-holiness religious organization, with headq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostolic Faith Mission - History
In April of 1906, William J. Seymour, an African-American holiness movement preacher, was invited to preach in a black Nazarene church in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moroni And The Golden Plates
While Smith was working as a treasure seeker, he was also frequently occupied with another more religious matter: acquiring a set of Gold...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - Origins Of The Movement
The early men and women who came together to form what became known as the Latter Day Saint movement, shared some beliefs in common with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revival Meeting: Encyclopedia Ii - Revival Meeting - In The Cinema
This movement has been portrayed by director Richard Brooks in his film Elmer Gantry (1960 in film) with Burt Lancaster(who received the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Joseph Smith's First Vision
Like his father, the younger Smith reportedly had his own set of visions, the first of which occured in the early 1820s when Smith was in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Moving To Harmony Pennsylvania
Once Smith had the purported Golden Plates, temporarily kept safe from his Palmyra neighbors, his focus turned to getting the engravings ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Work As A Treasure Seeker And Marriage To Emma
At about the same time as Smith reportedly had his First Vision, it has been said that he began to practice crystal gazing, a form of div...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's Religious Background
Smith was raised during the Second Great Awakening, a time in U.S history when there was a considerable revival of interest in Christiani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr.: Encyclopedia Ii - Early Life Of Joseph Smith Jr. - Smith's Childhood
Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, the fourth child of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. The Smiths were a farming family and severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement Today
The Latter Day Saint movement has continued to grow and evolve. Today there are thousands of active organizations, as the various denomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostolic Faith Mission - Organization
The church is governed by a board of five trustees which guides the General Overseer from Portland, Oregon, where they maintain a camp gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apostolic Faith Mission: Encyclopedia Ii - Apostolic Faith Mission - Church Doctrines And Teachings
Through the years, the Apostolic Faith Church's leaders have maintained the doctrines outlined in Seymour's editions of the The Apostolic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement's Historical Context
The Latter Day Saint movement arose in western New York, the area where its founder Joseph Smith, Jr. was raised, during a period of reli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement In Ohio
The movement more than doubled in size with the conversion of Sidney Rigdon, a former Campbellite minister. Rigdon led several congregati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement In Illinois
With the help of sympathetic non-Mormons in Illinois, the Latter Day Saint refugees soon regrouped and established a new headquarters in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement In Missouri
As the church was gathering to Kirtland, a second gathering place was established 900 miles distant, on the frontier in Jackson County, M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Latter Day Saint Movement - The Movement Divided
The largest group of Latter Day Saints followed nine of the Twelve Apostles west, establishing a way station at Winter Quarters, Nebraska...   » Read the article