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Title
Methodist Church Women in Louisa County
Subject
Church Women and Reform
Description
The second Great Awakening in America spread to Louisa County by 1830. The zeal stirred by this second wave of revival inspired the rise of tract and Bible societies, missionary societies and the Sunday school movement.
Women found in these new efforts avenues for leadership and teaching they were denied in most churches. They formed a series of Sunday Schools which provided Christian instruction even when a minister was not present at a church. These classes were often the only schooling slaves or the poor received.
Another result of this religious wave was increased support for the Abolitionist Movement across the United States, especially among women.
During this revival period, the ministry of Alexander Campbell, was very influential in Louisa County. Many of his followers established churches called Disciples of Christ or Christian Churches.
Women found in these new efforts avenues for leadership and teaching they were denied in most churches. They formed a series of Sunday Schools which provided Christian instruction even when a minister was not present at a church. These classes were often the only schooling slaves or the poor received.
Another result of this religious wave was increased support for the Abolitionist Movement across the United States, especially among women.
During this revival period, the ministry of Alexander Campbell, was very influential in Louisa County. Many of his followers established churches called Disciples of Christ or Christian Churches.
Source
Louisa County Historical Society Archives
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