Gilbert Tennent

The Reverend Gilbert Tennent
Portrait by Jacob Eichholtz
Born	(1703-02-05)5 February 1703 Vinecash, County Armagh, Ireland
Died	23 July 1764(1764-07-23) (aged 61) Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
Resting place	Abington Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Education	Honorary Master of Arts
Alma mater	Yale College (1725)
Occupation	Presbyterian minister
Years active	1726–1764
Known for	The First Great Awakening in the Middle Colonies
Board member of	Original trustee of the College of New Jersey
Spouse(s)	Cornelia de Peyster (2nd wife) Sarah Spofford (3rd wife)
Children	Cornelia Tennent
Parent(s)	William Tennent, Catherine Kennedy
Relatives	William Tennent (brother) John Tennent (brother) Charles Tennent (brother)

Gilbert Tennent (5 February 1703 – 23 July 1764) was a Presbyterian revivalist minister in Colonial America. Born into a Scotch-Irish family in County Armagh, Ireland, he migrated to America with his parents, studied theology, and along with Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield, became one of the leaders of the evangelical revival known as the First Great Awakening. His most famous sermon, On the Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, also known as the "Nottingham Sermon," compared "Old Side" ministers to the biblical Pharisees of the Gospels, triggering a schism in the Presbyterian Church which lasted for 17 years. A prolific writer, Tennent would later work towards reunification of the two synods involved.