Short Biography of George Whitefield
Short Biography of George Whitefield
George Whitefield (1714-1770): the best-known evangelist of the 18th century and one of the greatest itinerant preachers in the history of the church. Born in Gloucester, England, Whitefield worked together with the Wesleys during his studies at Oxford University. Whitefield later experienced genuine conversion, and began to fervently preach the necessity of regeneration. He was an ordained minister of the Church of England. When opposition to his preaching closed church doors to him, he led the way in preaching outdoors. He was mightily used of God in England and the American Colonies during the “Great Awakening.”