Tim Barton

Tim Barton, founder and lead historian at WallBuilders, explores America’s covenantal roots and the founders’ reliance on Christianity and Scripture. He recounts vivid moments like the Constitutional Convention painting with an open Bible and Benjamin Franklin’s call to prayer. The conversation asks whose moral vision shapes law and offers a Nehemiah-style blueprint for grassroots cultural rebuilding.

Tim Barton, president of WallBuilders and compiler of founding-era primary sources, walks through the historical record. He highlights prayer proclamations, founders’ writings, colonial laws citing scripture, and the Great Awakening’s influence. The conversation centers on Christianity’s public role, separation of institutions, and calls to promote biblical righteousness in civic life.