Today is an important day in the nation where I live.

Two hundred and forty-nine years ago, the United States was declared to be an independent nation.

A hundred and sixty-nine years before this historic moment, a covenant was made with God in Virginia Beach, Virginia by members of an expedition led by Pastor Robert Hunt.

Here is the prayer as documented by 1607covenant.com.

"We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and ...