Mary Anne Hardiman Mary Anne Hardiman and her husband, Tom, oversee the Fellowship of Ministries and co-pastor MorningStar’s Fort Mill church. The two were senior pastors of two local congregations in New Jersey before being supernaturally called to MorningStar. A gifted teacher, Mary Anne has a passion to educate our nation about America’s true spiritual foundations. She travels with her husband and is a frequent speaker at MFM conferences. Previously a teacher at The Comenius School for Creative Leadership, Mary Anne has joined her husband on MorningStar’s pastoral staff and also functions at the Fort Mill Church Women's Pastor. Mary Anne has a desire to see people discover their purpose and vision to become effective kingdom builders. Mary Anne and Tom have two married children, a son, and one grandson.

Sermons During the Revolutionary Era

The Americans combine the notions of Christianity and of Liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other. 
-Alexis de Tocqueville, 1835


It is remarkable the number of writings during the Revolutionary War era that are relevant to our times. A few of these articles could be inserted into today’s newspapers and magazines and fully engage twenty-first century readers. Take for example “The Crisis” written in December 1776, by Thomas Paine: