June 22, 1750 - Jonathan Edwards Dismissed from Northampton Congregational Church

Jonathan Edwards is widely credited as the catalyst for the Great Awakening of the 1730s and 1740s. His fiery and impassioned sermons drew large crowds and led countless men and women to Christ. However, on June 22, 1750, he was dismissed from the Northampton Congregational Church because he refused to give communion to members unless they had made a public profession of their salvation. He would go on to pastor at other churches and eventually became the president of Princeton University.