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“...It does not change the fact that historically important founders of America chose to be private in their worship.”

I am private in my activity of worship, when worship is practiced as a regular/daily personal discipline. I am open and public in my activity of evangelism, because it is impossible to be otherwise and be obedient to the Scriptures.

All evangelism found in the Scriptures was open, public, and often caused a public uproar. Read through the book of Acts. Read through the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ and see that the preaching was to multitudes in public. The preaching of John the Baptist and the Apostles was the same.

Christianity is not designed to be, or willed by God to be, kept restrained or private. The work of Christ and the ministry of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians ch. 5; etc.) is to preached openly to the world. Paul preached to governors and to kings during his ministry.

We are well aware of the worship of George Washington. Mr. Washington prayed in earnest when he was in private, and also penned down dozens of his prayers during his prayer sessions. These penned-down versions of his prayer life have been published — they were published during the generation that saw his passing. We own one of the oldest published copies of THE PRAYERS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, and it is required reading in our house. We home school our children and they must study the content of Mr. Washington’s own writing, which prove Him to have prayed in Christian terms and appellations, not as a “Desist,” as some claim he had been.