Hello, I’m Joe Pursch, and this is a Transforming Moment. No doubt about it, colonial preacher George Whitfield was a workhorse. Scholars estimate that he preached 18,000 sermons in his lifetime—an average of ten sermons a week for the duration of his ministry, 34 years. It is impossible to calculate the number converted by his incessant fruitful labors, but they were in the hundreds of thousands. He traveled constantly. In a day when it took up to 3 months to cross the Atlantic in cold, leaky, smelly ships—he crisscrossed it seven times to preach the good news. He was a phenomenon in his native England, but the greatest impact of his ministry took place in the colonies. In fact, he was the first national celebrity in North America. Whitefield’s life demonstrates our need of God’s power. When evangelists visit our cities today, we can still fill a stadium, but it takes several months of organization, advertising, and planning. But Whitefield drew vast crowds with no advance organization, relying instead upon the tangible presence of God. One New England farmer in 1740 wrote in his diary, “When I heard that Whitfield had come to my town to preach, I left my plow in my field and ran with all my might to where he was. The moment I saw him, I knew I was looking upon a man clothed with authority from the Great God.” I’m Joe Pursch, and this has been a Transforming Moment

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