How Does Doctrine Affect Evangelism? The Divergent Paths of Asahel Nettleton and Charles Finney by Rick Nelson(From "The Founder's Journal" Issue 33-Summer 1998) The average Southern Baptist (if such a person exists) offers a puzzled look upon hearing the name of Asahel Nettleton, the last great evangelist who espoused the doctrines of grace. Although Nettleton (1783-1844) saw thirty thousand persons converted during a decade of active ministry in the early nineteenth century, his legacy suffers from tragic neglect, if not active contempt, at the hands of contemporary church historians. Charles G. Finney (1792-1875), on the other hand, has recently...