Christians calling for clergy to rise up against the government ... In New Jersey, Princeton College’s devout president, John Witherspoon, openly advocated for independence.

Before the Second Continental Congress was convened in June 1776, John Witherspoon, pastor and president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), preached his famous sermon, The Dominion of ...

But it appears that all the ordained clergy who have served in Congress over the past ... Paine Wingate of New Hampshire, John Witherspoon of New Jersey and John Joachim Zubly of Georgia. Contee, ...

John Witherspoon died Wednesday at 77 ... His sister Gertrude Stacks is senior pastor of Detroit's Shalom Fellowship International church, and, as Heavy.com notes, was an occasional topic ...

For the occasion, Pastor Max Kaster portrayed Dr. John Witherspoon, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Witherspoon, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, who adopted America as his ...