Phil Webster

Phil Webster writes and speaks about the Founding Fathers. He appears in character as John Jay at such places as the celebration of the signing of the Treaty of Paris at Annapolis, Federal Hall on Wall Street, the Naval Academy on Constitution Day, George Mason University for History Camp.

"1776 FAITH" documents the Christian worldview of the signers of the Declaration of Independence

"1776 Delmarva" shows the ten-year struggle for independence on the Delmarva Peninsula and the contributions of soldiers from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

"1787 FAITH" documents the Christian worldview of the signers of the Constitution as well as highlight the actions of the government on April 30, 1789 when Washington, Adams, the Cabinet (Jay, Hamilton, Knox and Randolph), the Senate and the House of Representatives (including James Madison) walked to St. Paul's Chapel to dedicate the new government to God after Washington's Inaugural Address.

Phil is a graduate of Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky and received his M.Div degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He worked with Operation Mobilization in Spain, England and on board the M.V. Doulos in South America. He taught for five years at Salisbury Christian School and received a Who's Who Among America's Teachers in 1998. He is married to Jean and has four children.

The research for 1776 Faith comes from reading the primary sources of the 25 volumes of Letters of the Delegates [of Continental Congress] 1774-1789 and 34 volumes of Journals of Continental Congress. He challenges you to take the Founders Challenge and see if the Founders were deists, atheists or had a Christian worldview.