Why was the work of minister Charles Finney especially important and influential in Rochester, New York?
A) Rochester was predominantly a Catholic city prior to Finney's arrival.
B) Rochester tried to ban Finney and his companions from holding meetings in the first place.
C) Finney converted many of the city's most influential people to a life of faith.
D) Finney inspired a mass exodus from mainline Protestantism to the more fervent evangelical practices of Baptists.
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