Even more remarkable news came from the west and south, however. Stephen Gano reported to the Groton Conference in 1801 that he had received reports from Kentucky of a “marvelous work of God in that state, where 1400 persons had been added to 7 or 8 churches in a few months.” As the Kentucky revivals began in earnest, Baptists worked alongside Methodists and Presbyterians at massive outdoor assemblies, or “camp meetings,” although the Baptists remained somewhat peripheral to events such as the great Presbyterian communion gathering at Cane Ridge. (Baptists would preach but not “commune,” noted
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