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Innovators, Utopians, and Restorationists, Part 2.

On By missionmusingsIn Evangelism, History in Missions, Mission Theology1 Comment

Continuation from Part 1.  To see Part 1, Click Here. So what does this have to do with missions? I would argue that the situation in the Burned-Over District is undesirable. A lot of the groups (Mormons, Spiritualists, and some of the Utopians) were non-Christian or syncretistic organizations. Some, like the Millerites, have a complicated …

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Innovators, Utopians, and Restorationists. Part 1.

On By missionmusingsIn Evangelism, Mission Theology3 Comments

I come from an area that has been termed the "Burned-Over District." I don't actually recall hearing that term until long after I moved away from there. However, the term is an old descriptor for the region I was raised in. I am from Western New York State in the United States. Charles Finney, an …

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