George Whitefield: The Colonial Orphan's Friend

If ever there was a need for another "Great Awakening" it is now. And if ever there was a story to help understand the value of the "Great Awakening" in America during the 1700s, this is it.

George struggles with a physical disability as a child, doesn't get along with others, and dislikes school. Life at home with a difficult stepfather and long work hours at his family's Inn doesn't give him peace or happiness. Even when George leaves for Oxford and joins the "Holy Club," they can't offer answers. Will he ever find peace? When he thinks he found his life's calling in the American colonies, his co-laborers, Charles and John Wesley, abandon him. Does God want to use him . . . or not?

Carolyn Hearing tells George Whitefield's story in a way appropriate for children, family read-aloud time, new Christians, and Christian historians. Easy to read with delightful illustrations, this story should be shared as a model for today's evangelists.

5.5 x 8.5 inches
164 pages