Absolutely, they were held in public places and laws were established. The church was a big part of city business! The definition; separation of church and state was misused and the Christian's allowed the ungodly to take over our political offices , and is one of the biggest reasons we are in the mess we are in . What let the ungodly run the country?? ,, so many Christian's are so mislead and now our country is being run by the devil! In the constitution most definitely needs to be preached from the pulpit the church needs to rise up and take this country back and it's our only hope, I have so much to say about this and about separation of church but hitting the freeway ,, but I'll be back for this discussion and sure glad we are having it .