Next stop on our tour was Natick, Massachusetts, to visit the Eliot Church of Natick, where the famous Puritan missionary to the Native Americans, John Eliot, preached. He would go on to establish 14 ”Praying Indian” towns. Scholars estimate that 1100 of 3600 American Indians in these towns were converted through his Spirit-blessed preaching. This is also one of the oldest church sites in America and the first Meetinghouse was built here in 1651. This was my favorite place on the trip so far, as Eliot is one of my heroes.
