In 1890, the Niagara Creed was officially adopted. Few movements in our long story have had as significant an influence on American life and culture as conservative Christianity, and FitzGerald does full justice to the subject's scope and complexity. Starting in 1883, it was held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario at the Queen's Royal Hotel and its pavilion. FitzGerald has written a monumental history of how evangelicalism has shaped America. FitzGerald is a superlative writer of historical narrative and a master of the craft of distilling and making accessible generations of scholarship. The Niagara Creed does not explicitly affirm dispensationalism, but it refers to several key dispensationalist beliefs, including the reality of the millennium, the restoration of Israel, and the distinction between the judgment of the saved and the damned. The Evangelicals, for its part, is a magisterial book. In 1878, 14 fundamental beliefs were established by evangelical pastors. Premillennialism and dispensationalism was defended and taught. The messages generally centered on the doctrines of Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, missions and prophecy. Most of the speakers were dispensationalists, and the Niagara Conference introduced many evangelical Protestants to dispensationalist teaching. Brookes publicized the meeting through his magazine Truth, and devoted substantial space to summaries of the speeches. Brookes, a Presbyterian minister from St. The driving force behind the meeting was James H. The Conference was founded as the Believers' Meeting for Bible Study in 1875 by evangelical pastors in the United States. The Niagara Bible Conference (officially called the 'Believers' Meeting for Bible Study') was held annually from 1875 to 1897, with the exception of 1884. Held annually from 1875 to 1897, with the exception of 1884

The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGerald