George Whitefield was one of the first people to cause the Great Awakening to rise. George Whitefield was inspired and thought of ideas after a period of illness, which he called “New Birth.” George Whitefield was convinced that true religion was to only be found in God. The Great Awakening was fully started when George Whitefield started to preach and give sermons. He traveled throughout the middle colonies of England and preached. His sermons drew in large crowds of people causing an emotional stir throughout the crowd. A man very moved by George Whitefield’s sermons was Benjamin Franklin.
George Whitefield was one of the first religious figures to employ new marketing strategies in his evangelism. George Whitefield distributed printed materials,