A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield

This biography, written by an Anglican priest is of George Whitefield, an Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford in 1732. Whitefield was ordained after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree. He immediately began preaching, but he did not settle as the minister of any parish. Rather he became an itinerant preacher and evangelist. In 1740, Whitefield traveled to North America, where he preached a series of revivals that became part of the «Great Awakening». His methods were controversial and he engaged in numerous debates and disputes with other clergymen.