Charles McIlvaine was born in 1799. He was an Evangelical Episcopalian who was ordained in 1820, and served as Bishop of Ohio from 1832-1873. His ministry and episcopacy overlapped with the Second Great Awakening (~1795—~1835). In fact, he himself oversaw an awakening/revival among the cadets during his time as chaplain at West Point (1825-1827). In …
My family and I lived in England for nearly four years. We lived in Kent, that part of England which stretches out into the English Channel and is closest to mainland Europe. The main motorway in that part of the country is the M-20 on which folks can travel from London to the coast and …
Michael Cromartie once quipped, “if evangelicals could elect a pope, [John] Stott is the person they would likely choose.” We would like to suggest that if the North American Evangelical Anglican Tradition had a patron-saint, it should be Bishop Charles Pettit McIlvaine. McIlvaine is to the North American Evangelical Anglican Tradition what J.C. Ryle is …
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