By 1800, there were one hundred thousand, and by 1848, there were approximately eight hundred thousand. Baptist growth was not limited to America: the number of English Baptist congregations also more than doubled during that period. Nor was revival unique to their denomination; indeed, the growth of Methodism was even more spectacular. But by the eve of the Civil War, older denominations such as Congregationalists and Episcopalians lagged far behind, and Baptists and other new denominations, fueled by the Second Great Awakening, had become evangelical juggernauts.
