Leader #1
- He was probably the most famous religious leader in the 18th century
- Newspapers called him a marvel of the age; he was a golden tongue golden boy
- He was a brilliant orator – he grew up in the theater – and in his prime famous actors publicly expressed envy at the way he captured audiences
- People compared him to David, Moses and called him the second morning star of a second Reformation
- He went on preaching tours in England and the American colonies; ignited the Great Awakening in the American colonies
- During one preaching tour in America he ended up preaching the gospel to nearly half the population in the American colonies
- He would stand on the steps outside and 20,000 people would show up to hear him preach
- In fact, he was one of the first to do “open air” preaching – namely outside of a church building – and the reason he did was because many of the lower class members wouldn’t come into a church building
- Hundreds of thousands came to faith through his preaching
- It’s estimated that in his lifetime he preached more than 18,000 times to 10 million people
I had a great lunch with a fellow church planter 
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