Barton W. Stone was the ordained minister at the Cane Ridge meeting house in Kentucky. In the summer of 1800 he traveled to Logan County to attend a revival led by James McGready. Back home he held a few preparatory meetings and then announced one for August 6, 1801. Nobody expected what happened. The crowd was estimated at anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 people, at a time when Lexington, Kentucky’s largest city, had about 2,000. Rows of wagons and makeshift tents filled the clearing while preachers spoke from platforms and even fallen trees. Stone later broke with the Presbyterians, and his followers called themselves simply Christians. Never underestimate what God can do with people hungry for Him.
