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Founding Father’s Faith Awareness Month was created to encourage, educate, and motivate everyday Americans across our land to learn about the faith of the men who created our Constitution. This is no small thing because Americans have never been taught these truths. And it was intentional that they were not.
Please watch, comment, and share, so that the algorithm will share this with more people. Please share this with your pastor as well. This series was built to educate the church within the building. In addition to these daily devotions, we have another tool that the church can use to educate hundreds of thousands of people right outside of their building each and every week until the election. These devotions can be downloaded this morning, and shared with an entire church body this afternoon. Think about that. In less than 24 hours, we can start to rebuild America’s foundation of faith. Church by church. Community by Community. The only thing preventing that from happening is the church, us, ourselves…
The heavy lifting has been done. This has taken years to research, write and create these devotions and the videos. I have created two more months when we do the same thing. February is called Presidents’ Faith Awareness Month and July is called Patriots’ Faith Awareness Month. Each month has its own devotions and other tools. Each month can have the same incredible impact. Each month you, and the church can be part of the solution.
Folks, it is time for the American Church to go on offense. We have the best value proposition with Jesus Christ in the history of the world! The vast majority of Americans just don’t know that yet. It is our job to make the introductions. Help make that happen. Help support us financially so we produce even more tools to save our country for our children and grandchildren. To date, this has been almost entirely self-funded.
Nothing I know is easier, quicker, less expensive, more effective, and can reach more people than what God has given me to create. Help save our republic. Help restore our country’s foundations of faith. Help introduce people to Jesus Christ. God is watching to see what the church does now, and what each one of us is doing right now. Complacency will not be rewarded in heaven. He has blessed each of us to live and prosper in this country. Now it is our time to stand up for those who have bled, sacrificed and died for us, and also for the generations following us who will suffer horribly if we do not stand in the breach right now.
“Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Deuteronomy 4:9
Did you know that America’s constitution was signed 235 year ago on September 17, 1787? A remarkable document to say the least, our constitution is actually the longest continual codified constitution in the history of the world. Think about that.
This is the last paragraph, prior to all the signatures
“…done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,”
Interestingly, when George Washington was administered his oath of office as prescribed by Article II, Section 1 ,on April 29, 1789, he added the words “So help me God” to his oath.
Of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, 28 were Episcopalians, 8 were Presbyterians, 7 were Congregationalists, 2 were Lutheran, 2 were Dutch Reformed, 2 were Methodists, 2 were Catholics, 3 were allegedly Deists and one whose faith was unknown.
FOUNDING FATHERS’ FAITH AWARENESS MONTH was established to educate all Americans as to the faith of the delegates and signers of the United States Constitution. Like the other two months, we have created civic proclamations, daily devotionals and indoor and outdoor banners that celebrate the wisdom, insight, and faith of these extraordinary men.
Churches, schools and civic organizations can use all of these tools to teach their children, members and their whole community how important faith was to the creation of our country and the blessings and protection God afforded to us as a result.
Introduction
FOUNDING FATHERS’ FAITH AWARENESS MONTH was established to publicly educate, commemorate, and celebrate the faith, courage, sacrifice, and wisdom of America’s early leaders, those individuals who helped draft, sign, and/or ratify the United States Constitution.
Daily Videos
Day 1 George Washington
George Washington; President of the First Constitutional Convention, Revolutionary War General, America’s First President, and original Signer of the United States Constitution.
Day 2 Ben Franklin
Benjamin Franklin; Inventor, Publisher, Postmaster General, Co-Founder of the University of Pennsylvania. Signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Day 3 James Madison
James Madison, Princeton graduate, lawyer, and planter, Congressman from Virginia, Author of 29 of the 85 Federalist papers arguing for the ratification of the Constitution; Secretary of State, Fourth President of the United States; Signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Day 4 Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, attorney, member of the New York legislature and Continental Congress, Lieutenant Colonel aide to George Washington, our first Secretary of the Treasury, founder of the New York Post, author of 61 of the 85 Federalist Papers, Signer of the United States Constitution.
Day 5 Elias Boudinot
Elias Boudinot. President of the Continental Congress, Congressman from New Jersey, framer of the Bill of Rights, signer of the peace treaty to end the American war for independence, Director of the U.S. Mint, founder and President of the American Bible Society,
Day 6 John Dickinson
John Dickinson; lawyer, planter, member of the Second Continental Congress, General in the Pennsylvania militia, Governor of the states of both Delaware and Pennsylvania, founder of Dickinson college, signer of the US Constitution from Delaware.
Day 7 Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris, merchant, lawyer, planter, financier, King’s College (Columbia University) graduate, member of the Continental Congress, US Minister to France, US Senator, and originator of the phrase “We the people” spoke more times (173) than anyone else during the Constitutional debates. Signer of the US Constitution from Pennsylvania
Day 8 Rufus King
Rufus King; Harvard Graduate, Massachusetts and New York legislator, delegate to the Constitutional Convention, US Senator, US Minister to Great Britain, board of trustees member of Columbia college (University), framer of the Bill of Rights. At just 32 years of age, he was one of the youngest signers of the US Constitution.
Day 9 William Samuel Johnson
William Samuel Johnson, Founder of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America, President of Kings College (Columbia University), Supreme Court Justice, Signer of the US Constitution from Connecticut,
Day 10 Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry, Member of the Continental Congress, Commander in Chief of the Virginia Militia, Five time Governor, Ratifier of the US Constitution from Virginia.
Day 11 Dr. Ezra Stiles
Rev Dr, Ezra Stiles, Founder of the College of Rhode Island, (now Brown University), President of Yale College (1778-1795), President of the first abolitionist society in Connecticut, made a very influential speech before the Governor and General Assembly of Connecticut entitled “The United State Elevated to Glory and Honor” in May 1783.
Day 12 George Mason
George Mason was a lawyer, judge, planter, member of the Virginia State House, Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention, author of the Virginia Constitution, and “Father of the Bill of Rights”. Mason refused to sign the constitution because, in his opinion, it did not sufficiently limit the government’s power from infringing on the rights of citizens, it did not have a bill of rights, nor did it abolish slavery
Day 13 Jedidah Morse
Dr. Jedidiah Morse; Yale graduate, pastor, educator, “Father of American Geography”, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founder of the New England Tract Society as well as the American Bible Society was considered to be a very important “influencer in his day.”
Day 14 Samuel Langdon
Samuel Langdon; North Congregational Church pastor from 1747-1774, President of Harvard University (1774-1780), Chaplain in the Revolutionary War, member of the New Hampshire Convention to ratify the US Constitution in 1788.
Day 15 John Langdon
John Langdon (1741-1819), merchant, Colonel in the militia, US Senator, President of the New Hampshire Bible Society, whose goal was to place a Bible into every home in New Hampshire; Speaker of the House and Governor of New Hampshire, Signer of the US Constitution from New Hampshire.
Day 16 John Jay
John Jay, Member of the First and Second Continental Congress, Co-Author of the Federalist Papers. Governor of New York, President of the American Bible Society, First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, signed the Constitution for New York.
Day 17 First State to Ratify Delaware
Delaware was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on December 7, 1787. Five men signed the constitution from the state; Gunning Bedford, Jacob Broom, John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, and George Read..
Day 18 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania was the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on December 12, 1787. Six men signed the constitution from the state; Benjamin Franklin, George Clymer, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, James Wilson and Tomas Fitzsimons.
Day 19 New Jersey
New Jersey was the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on December 18, 1787. Four men signed the constitution from the state: William Livingston, William Paterson, David Brearly, and Jonathan Drayton.
Day 20 Georgia
Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on January 2, 1788. Two men signed the constitution from the state; Abraham Baldwin and William Few.
Day 21 Connecticut
Connecticut was the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on January 9, 1788, doing so at the Second Congregational Church in Newport. Two men signed the constitution from the state; William Samuel Johnson and Roger Sherman.
Day 22 Massachusetts
Massachusetts was the sixth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on February 6, 1788 doing so at the church called the Long Lane Meeting House. Two men signed the constitution from the state; Rufus King (Day 10) and Nathaniek Gorham. Elbridge Gerry and Caleb Strong did not sign the document because it did not have a Bill of Rights at that time. The Bill of Rights were added at a later date.
Day 23 Maryland
Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, doing so on April 28, 1788. Three men signed the constitution from the state; James McHenry, Daniel Carroll, and Daniel Jenifer. Two men, Luther Martin and John Mercer did not sign the document.
Day 24 South Carolina
South Carolina was the eighth state ratifying the Constitution, doing so on May 23, 1788. Pierce Butler, Charles Pickney, Charles Cotesworth Pickney, and John Rutledge all signed the United States Constitution from the State of South Carolina.
Day 25 New Hampshire
New Hampshire was the ninth state ratifying the Constitution, doing so on June 21, 1788 in the city of Concord at the Old North Church Meeting House. Nicolas Gilman and John Langdon both signed the United States Constitution on behalf of the State of New Hampshire.
Day 26 Virginia
Virginia was the tenth state ratifying the U.S. Constitution, doing so on June 25, 1788. George Washington, James Madison, and John Blair all signed the U.S. Constitution.
Day 27 New York
New York was the eleventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Day 28 North Carolina
North Carolina was the twelfth state ratifying the Constitution, doing so on November 21, 1789 in the State House in Fayetteville. The ratifying convention started at St. Matthew’s Church in Hillsborough. It was signed by William Blount, Richard Spaight, and Hugh Williamson. William Davie and Alexander Martin left the convention early and did not sign the document.
Day 29 Rhode Island
Rhode Island was the thirteenth state ratifying the Constitution, doing so on May 29, 1790 at the Second Congregational Church.
Day 30 Signers’ Faiths
Of the 55 delegates sent to the Constitutional Convention, 28 were Episcopalians, 8 were Presbyterians, 7 were Congregationalists, 2 were Lutherans, 2 were Dutch Reformed, 2 were Roman Catholics, 1 was unknown, and three were said to be deists. At a minimum, 93% of the men who attended the convention were members of Christian churches.
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