Revival Timeline Precursors to the Great Awakenings 1600s – Early revivals in Europe (foundation movements before the Awakenings). 1727 – Moravian prayer revival, Herrnhut, Germany. First Great Awakening (1730s–1740s) 1734 – Jonathan Edwards, Northampton, Massachusetts revival. 1739 – George Whitefield visits the American colonies. 1740–1742 – Explosive church growth: 150 new Congregational Churches, 30,000 members added. 1742 – Cambuslang Awakening, Scotland (George Whitefield). Second Great Awakening (1790s–1840s) 1799 – Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp arrives in South Africa (London Missionary Society). 1801 – Cane Ridge Revival, Kentucky (Barton W. Stone). 1803 – Van der Kemp establishes Bethelsdorp, Cape Colony. 1817 – Robert Moffat arrives in South Africa (London Missionary Society). 1825–1835 – Charles Grandison Finney leads revivals in the United States. c.1839 – David Livingstone arrives in South Africa. Third Great Awakening (1857–early 1900s) 1857–1859 – Prayer Revival, Fulton Street, New York (spreads globally). 1860–1861 – South African Revival, Cape Colony (Andrew Murray). 1904–1905 – Welsh Revival (Evan Roberts). 1906 – Azusa Street Revival, Los Angeles (William J. Seymour) – influenced by reports from Wales, catalytic for global Pentecostalism. Later 20th-Century Revivals 1914–1935 – John G. Lake’s healing ministry and church planting in South Africa and the United States. 1949–1952 – Hebrides Revival, Scotland (Lewis Islands, Duncan Campbell).