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The Providential Nexus of Jamestown and Plymouth Paul Jehle

Was the Jamestown Settlement founded for solely commercial purposes? Was the Plymouth Colony formed simply to establish religious liberty? For centuries, there have been tensions among historians about the legacies of these two early settlements, resulting in a geographical turf battle over which colony gave birth to the American ideal. Jamestown claims to be America’s birthplace. Plymouth claims to be America’s hometown. So how do we reconcile the two? In this illuminating message, Dr. Paul Jehle clarifies many misconceptions and demonstrates that while Jamestown and Plymouth had real differences, each had vital strengths that the other needed — and that, over time, God would providentially weave together these elements to form the greatest nation in the West.

Dr. Paul Jehle is one of our nation’s more powerful communicators of the providential history of early America. Since 1988, he has served as the education director for the Plymouth Rock Foundation, and for more than half a decade, he has helped to host America’s Hometown Parade in Plymouth, Massachusetts each November. Dr. Jehle holds master’s and doctorate degrees in education and has traveled nationally and internationally to bring biblical worldview training to Christians in the areas of education, history, political statesmanship, and church ministry.