Were our founding fathers Christian? Did they believe in God? Were they Deists? Were they Unitarians? Were they Theistic Rationalists? Were they Pagans? Did their faith have any impact on the way they lived or the way they governed? Did their beliefs change over time? Are our founding documents simply the basis of our secular government or do they reflect the faith of those who wrote them? All of these questions and many more are explored in today’s class session.

One of our guiding principles for this series of lessons is “While we study and ponder the people and events of our nation’s founding, we should do so not to exalt them, but to learn from them so that we can better serve our Lord in the land in which we live.” That is what we are doing with our look at the Faith of the Founding Fathers. We examine them, warts and all, to see why twelve score and ten years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal so that we can decide how we will carry the torch of Liberty into the next 250 years.

This Bible study was presented to the Agape Life Bible Study Class of the First Baptist Church in Brenham, Texas, on Sunday, June 21, 2026. It is part of a series called From Reverence to Revival to Revolution: The Influence of Christianity and the Great Awakening on the Founding of The United States of America. Handouts with class presentation content can be requested at: fromthebackporchintexas@gmail.com .

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