Through all ages, God has answered the needs of many by finding within the ranks of men themselves the great leaders who spread his word and who become a rock for the people of that era to rally around. Such a man was George Whitefield. Considered the greatest evangelist of the eighteenth century. He is one of the handful of men in the history of Christendom to be used by God to change the course of nations through the power of the Holy Spirit. It was in the year 1733 that an eager English lad of 19 named George Whitefield went to Oxford to begin his first year of advanced education. From the start, young George was determinedly devout. He first tried to win God"s approval by bringing his word to people in prisons and the poor houses. He joined John Wesley"s famous "Holy Club" that put gr

