Jamestown’s history Christian

Mark your calendars for a celebration that happens but once in a century. The Jamestown Quadricentennial: A Celebration of America’s Providential History is the Christian history event of the year. Come to Virginia’s beautiful Jamestown-Yorktown-Williamsburg colonial Historic Triangle for a joyous family vacation that exalts Christ, celebrates His providential hand in our history, and prepares our sons and daughters to defend the truth and lead our culture as the visionaries of the next one hundred years.

The Providential Meaning of Jamestown

Providence: God, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will, to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy. (Westminster Confession)

At a time when many government officials have expressed outright opposition to celebrating the Christian influence of Jamestown, or viewing our country’s birthday as little more than the commemoration of an unjust “invasion,” we believe it is important to defend the truth and thank God for His many providences through our Jamestown forefathers.

And there is much for which we can be thankful.

Jamestown was not only the first permanent English settlement in the New World, it was the spot where Protestant Christian worship was brought to the new land. At Jamestown, we experienced our first Gospel conversion and Christian baptism. In fact, Jamestown is the site of the first “interracial” marriage in our history — the marriage of Englishman John Rolfe with the converted princess Pocahontas.

The Jamestown colony was birthed by Christian visionaries like Richard Hakluyt who desired to see the New World become a place for religious freedom and evangelism. Their dream ultimately became a reality. At Jamestown, Americans got their introduction to Christian common law and republican representative government. In fact, as Dr. Paul Jehle will address in his presentations, without Captain John Smith and Jamestown, there would be no Pilgrims and Plymouth. Though the legacy of Jamestown includes the mistakes of imperfect men, these imperfections only drive us to deeper appreciation for the mercy of the Lord and for His providence in the lives of these persevering forefathers. Learn more about Jamestown’s history.