Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Church, Volume 1 () von Kenneth P. Minkema

In April 1740, Jonathan Edwards, minister of Northampton, Massachusetts, preached a discourse on Hebrews 12:22-24 comprising eight sermons. At this point, he had been the senior pastor of that town for just over a decade, and had seen his congregation through the historic Connecticut Valley Awakening of the mid-1730s, when several hundred souls were reportedly savingly converted. This first volume of Sermons by Jonathan Edwards on the Church contains the previously unpublished Hebrews discourse, "Christians Coming to Mt. Zion," preached on the very cusp of the transatlantic religious movement that would become known as "The Great Awakening," the New England phase of which began later that year. In addition to the complete and original text of Edwards' discourse, the volume includes two introductions that describe his preaching style and method and provide an historical context.

Kenneth P. Minkema is the Executive Editor and Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University, and Research Scholar at Yale Divinity School.



R. Craig Woods retired as Director of Information Technology at Virginia Tech, with degrees in Computer Science, serves as an elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and is an online editor with the Edwards Center's Sermon Editing Initiative.



Thomas A. Koontz is a practicing architect living in Blacksburgh, Virginia, and is an online editor with the Edwards Center's Sermon Editing Initiative.



Wilson H. Kimnach is the Presidential Professor in the Humanities (Emeritus), Bridgeport University, and General Sermon Editor ofThe Works of Jonathan Edwards.