{"id":1588,"count":2,"description":"George Whitefield (1714-1770) was a sovereign grace preacher. Having been prohibited by the clergy from preaching in the chapels, he proclaimed the gospel in the open fields, attracting large congregations. As this venue for gospel ministry was unknown at the time, Whitefield suffered much opposition from the established churches. Nevertheless, his gospel labours were blessed of the Lord and he forged many friendships, including those of Particular Baptist ministers.","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/george-whitefield\/","name":"George Whitefield","slug":"george-whitefield","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}