Sonoma Creek flows down the valley to the bay. The area includes the incorporated city of Sonoma and part of the City of Santa Rosa, as well as numerous unincorporated communities, including Kenwood and Glen Ellen near Santa Rosa and, near Sonoma, El Verano, Boyes Hot Springs, Fetters Hot Springs, and Agua Caliente.
These camp meetings quickly became a popular and important feature of the Second Great Awakening. Charles Grandison Finney Other than the creator of the camp meeting, one of the prominent leaders of this movement was the preacher Charles Grandison Finney. Finney, a lawyer turned preacher, was undoubtedly the most influential leader of the awakening. He was an incredibly eloquent speaker as well as a skilled writer, likely due to his years as an attorney. Finney was also a leader for allowing women to lead prayer, while also being a strong supporter of abolition.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the American fantasy novelist, see Charles G. Finney. Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792 â August 16, 1875) was an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States.He has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism.Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825â1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer.e has been called The Father of Modern Revivalism. Finney was best known as an innovative revivalist during the period 1825â1835 in upstate New York and Manhattan, an opponent of Old School Presbyterian theology, an advocate of Christian perfectionism, and a religious writer.