Editing Timothy Dwight IV (section)

===Religious leadership===
Dwight was as notable for his political leadership as for his religious and educational eminence. Known by his enemies as "Pope" Dwight, he wielded both the temporal sword (as head of Connecticut's [[Federalist Party]]), and spiritual sword (as nominal head of the state's Congregational Church). He led the effort to prevent the disestablishment of the church in Connecticut—and, when its disestablishment appeared inevitable, encouraged efforts by protégés like Beecher and Bacon to organize voluntary associations to maintain the influence of religion in public life. Fearing that the failure of states to establish schools and the rise of infidelity would bring about the destruction of republican institutions, Dwight helped to create a national evangelical movement—the [[Second Great Awakening|second "Great Awakening"]]—intended to "re-church" America.

In 1809, Dwight was introduced to the Hawaiian-born [[Henry Opukahaia|Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia]] by his relative Edwin W. Dwight, a student at Yale. ʻŌpūkahaʻia, a 17-year-old boy orphaned at the age of 10, had arrived in New Haven after being given passage from Hawaii by New Haven resident Captain Caleb Britnell. Dwight agreed to tutor ʻŌpūkahaʻia, who later became instrumental in establishing Christian missions to Hawaii.<ref name=Schiff>{{cite journal |last=Schiff |first=Judith Ann |title=Aloha Blue |journal=Yale Alumni Magazine |date=July 2004 |url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2004_07/old_yale.html |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> In 1810, Dwight became a founder of the [[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]], which launched its first mission to Hawaii in 1819 under [[Hiram Bingham I|Hiram Bingham]].