Ben Carson points to Gen Z church revival as young Americans push back on secular culture
Faith critical to America's founding and ongoing success, says Carson, former HUD secretary during Trump's first term
Ashley J. DiMella By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Published March 29, 2026 7:00am EDT
For America's 250th birthday, former HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson, author and retired neurosurgeon, tells Fox News Digital that faith is inseparable from America's founding.
As America gets set to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday this July, Dr. Ben Carson is on a mission to share how faith and religious principles are central to our founding and identity.
Carson, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development as well as a retired neurosurgeon, said schools are failing to teach accurate history lessons about America — and are instead influencing students with ideas that undermine patriotism and traditional values.
"A lot of people really don't understand the role of faith in our country," he told Fox News Digital. "They say, 'We're not a faith-based country.' I wonder if those people have read our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, which says that our rights come from our creator."
Carson cited George Washington’s faith — noting that the father of our country prayed a lot and was dubbed "bulletproof Washington."
"During the Battle of Monongahela, during the French and Indian War, he was the only courier" to escape uninjured, said Carson. "He had two horses shot from beneath him, had four bullet holes in his coat, bullet fragments in his hair — no flesh wounds."
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