The Black Robe Regiment: Pastors in the American Revolution

examines Romans 13:1–7 and the biblical purpose and limits of civil government through six colonial pastors whose preaching helped shape the American Revolution: George Whitefield, James Caldwell, Jonas Clark, John Peter Muhlenberg, Frederick Muhlenberg, and Jonathan Mayhew. The lesson traces the Black Robe Regiment, Lexington, the Continental Army, religious conscience, resistance to tyranny, and Mayhew’s 1750 sermon on submission to governing authorities, calling Christians to obey God’s Word above human decrees and to pray for national revival.