Charles G. Finney became the greatest American preacher and theologian of the Nineteenth-Century. He travelled as an evangelist and revivalist in America and abroad, served in settled pastorates, taught as a professor of theology, promoted the abolition of slavery and equal rights, helped found and served as President of Oberlin College. Just as one cannot understand the Great Awakening without studying Jonathan Edwards, one cannot understand the great revivals and the theological and social movements in Nineteenth-Century America without studying Charles G. Finney. Because Finney's teachings remained true to the Bible and common sense, his message transformed thousands.

James Gilcrist Lawson wrote about Charles Finney: "The writer is inclined to regard Charles G. Finney as the greatest evangelist and theologian since the days of the apostles. Over eighty-five in every hundred persons professing conversion to Christ in Finney's meetings remained true to God. Finney seems to have had the power of impressing the conscience with the necessity of holy living in such a manner as to procure the most lasting results."

Charles Finney served Oberlin College from 1835-1875. He was Oberlin College: Professor of Systematic Theology, 1835-58; Professor of Pastoral Theology, 1835-75; Member of Board of Trustees, 1846-51; Elected President of Oberlin College, August 26, 1851; President and ex officio Member Board of Trustees, 1851-65; Died Oberlin, Ohio, August 16, 1875.

Henry Cowles served Served Oberlin College: 1835-1881. He received the A.B., Yale University, 1826; graduated Yale Seminary, 1828; D.D. Hillsdale College, 1863. Oberlin College: Professor of Languages, 1835-37; Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Pastoral Theology, 1837-40; Professor of the Literature of the Old Testament, 1840-48; Member of the Prudential Committee, 1836-37 and 1843-81; Member of Board of Trustees, 1851-81; General Agent, 1860-63; Lecturer on Prophecy and Biblical Introduction, 1869-78. Died Janesville, Wisconsin, September 6, 1881.

L.G. Parkhurst is the compiler, editor, and author of "The Charles G. Finney Principles Series." He is the author of: "Prayer Steps to Serenity: Daily Quiet Time Edition;" "How God Teaches Us to Pray: Lessons from the Lives of Francis and Edith Schaeffer"; "Francis and Edith Schaeffer: Expanded and Updated Edition." He writes the "International Bible Lesson Commentary" and the "International Bible Lesson."