Speakers
Geoffrey Botkin
Geoffrey Botkin has served in pioneering capacities in academia, private business, and at the highest levels of corporate structure. Mr. Botkin currently advises pastors and business leaders on strategic career decisions and on the balancing of priorities and duties. He believes the entrepreneurial skills and instincts of most men can be developed to better represent the long-term business interests of Christ the King. Mr. Botkin is presently training his sons in the operation of a multi-generational, multi-national Information Technology company.
Scott Brown
Scott Brown is a pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, N.C. He is also the director of the “National Center for Family Integrated Churches” which is dedicated to proclaiming the sufficiency of scripture for church and family life. Scott graduated from California State University in Fullerton in History and received a Master of Divinity from Talbot School of Theology. He gives most of his time to expository preaching, local pastoral ministry and church and family reformation. He has been married to Deborah for twenty-seven years and they have four children.
Dr. Andy Davis
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Andy Davis was raised a Roman Catholic and graduated from MIT with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He has a great passion for expository preaching and Scripture memory. He has a Ph.D. in Church History from Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has been a church planter in Japan and is now the pastor of First Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina. He is married to Christi and they have five children.
Col. John Eidsmoe
John Eidsmoe is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and Judge Advocate and an Alabama State Defense Force Colonel and Chaplain. He currently teaches Constitutional Law at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Alabama, where his students have twice given him the Outstanding Professor Award. He is an ordained pastor in the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations and an adjunct professor at Birmingham School of Theology. As a constitutional attorney, Colonel Eidsmoe has defended homeschools and Christian schools, debated ACLU attorneys on radio and television, and served on the Ten Commandments Legal Defense Team in the recent Alabama litigation. He has authored thirteen books and produced numerous audio and video lecture series, and holds five academic degrees in law, theology, and political science, as well as graduating from the Air Command and Staff College and the Air War College. A Third Degree Black Belt with the American Taekwondo Foundation, Colonel Eidsmoe served as a Regional Representative for the Gospel Martial Arts Union, is an avid horseman and skier, and tries to get eight hours of sleep every week. He and his wife Marlene have been married since 1970, have three children (David, Kirsten, and Justin), and live in rural Pike Road, Alabama.
Dan Ford
Dan Ford has been an avid collector of artifacts and historic documents for nearly two decades. As a researcher and historian, he has compiled an archive of original source materials by which to verify contemporary accounts of the lives of our forebearers. These artifacts range from more ancient cuneiform tablets, scrolls, and pottery, to less ancient pamphlets, maps, broadsheets, books, private letters, and public documents. He has been a group teacher and conference speaker on the subjects of Christian English and American history for the past ten years. His single goal in each presentation has been to explain and document, by way of facts and artifacts, the abundant evidence of our godly cultural inheritance. With twenty-five years in the field of graphic illustration, he is well-known for his illustrated work In the Name of God, Amen. Dan and his wife Theresa reside in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Marshall Foster
Dr. Marshall Foster is the founder and president of the Mayflower Institute, a non-profit educational foundation. Marshall and the Institute have been dedicated, since 1976, to teaching and reclaiming America’s godly heritage. Dr. Foster, best-selling author and keynote speaker, has effectively and dynamically communicated biblical truths and principles of our founder’s miraculous success story. His experience includes being the founder of the Los Angeles Rams Chaplains Program, the founder of Campus Crusade at the University of Southern California, keynote speaker and featured radio and television guest on programs such as Focus on the Family, CBN’s 700 Club, and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Across America, hundreds of thousands of lives have been impacted by Marshall’s seminars, educational materials and tours, media appearances, and most significantly by his contagious love for Jesus Christ. For nearly four decades, his passion to unite this land as “One Nation Under God” has inspired young and old alike. Dr. Foster’s biblical and historical wisdom offers a new generation hope for a lasting spiritual and cultural revival.
Richard Holland
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Born and raised in Boston, Richard Holland founded CTB Tours in 1994 after performing tours locally and abroad for over 20 years. In addition to earning a Masters in Education from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, he is a perpetual student of colonial and recent history of Boston. His depth of knowledge and passion for providential history translate into tours that are entertaining and educational, making history come alive.
Dr. Paul Jehle
Dr. Jehle is senior pastor of the New Testament Church of Cedarville, president and founder of Heritage Institute Ministries, principal and founder of the New Testament Christian School, as well as serving as Plymouth Rock Foundation’s education director since 1988. Dr. Jehle has earned master’s and doctorate degrees in Education. Dr. Jehle has traveled nationally and internationally to bring biblical worldview training to Christians in the areas of education, history, political statesmanship, and church ministry.
Dr. Joseph Morecraft, III
Dr. Morecraft is an ordained minister (RPCUS) and has pastored Chalcedon Presbyterian Church of Dunwoody, GA, since 1974. Dr. Morecraft received a B.A. in History from King College in Bristol, TN, an M.Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA, and a Th.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary in Lakeland, FL. Dr. Morecraft has lectured in such places as South Africa, England, Scotland, El Salvador, and Cypress. He has authored numerous articles and two books: Liberation Theology: Prelude to Revolution, and With Liberty and Justice for All. In 1986, Dr. Morecraft was a candidate for U.S. Congress in the 7th Congressional District of Georgia. He currently serves as chairman of the Constitution Party of Georgia. Dr. Morecraft is married to his wife Becky and they have four children.
Douglas Phillips, Esq.
Doug Phillips is the founder and director of Vision Forum, a discipleship and training ministry that emphasizes Christian apologetics, world-view training, multigenerational faithfulness, and creative solutions whereby fathers can play a maximum role in family discipleship. He is a passionate communicator with a heart for home education and the restoration of Christian family and culture to the glory of God. As a constitutional attorney, Doug served six years at Home School Legal Defense Association and as Director for the National Center for Home Education. Doug and his wife, Beall, have eight children - Joshua, Justice, Liberty, Jubilee, Faith Evangeline, Honor, Providence, and Virginia Hope. They live in San Antonio, Texas.
William Potter
William Potter, the Historian and Curator of The Circa History Guild, combines a lifelong study of American history with a unique ability to communicate it to young and old alike. Mr. Potter has taught history classes to high school and college students, and has led Vision Forum Faith & Freedom Tours of Virginia, Philadelphia, New England and Scotland. An experienced researcher and writer, Mr. Potter possesses a practical knowledge of antiquarian books, documents, and artifacts and has published several short books and has penned many articles and book reviews for publication. As a father of eight children, he appreciates the necessity of passing on to the succeeding generations the richness of both our regional and national history.
Marcus Serven
Pastor Marcus J. Serven has been a Presbyterian minister since 1980 and currently serves at Covenant Family Church (RPCGA) in Troy, Missouri. In addition to his pastoral ministry, Marcus has a great love for the history of Christ’s Church and has written and lectured widely on the Reformation and the lives of key Reformers. The Serven family, Marcus and Cheryl along with their nine children, have been actively engaged in multiple areas of cultural transformation — church ministry, hospitality, home education, film-making, writing, and encouraging Hymn & Psalm-singing. Pastor Serven has earned degrees from the University of California, B.A. (1976); Fuller Theological Seminary, M.Div. (1979); and Covenant Theological Seminary, Th.M. (1992) and D.Min. (studies in progress). He holds membership in the Evangelical Theological Society and the Calvin Studies Society.
Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr.
R.C. Sproul, Jr. is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary and Grove City College, did graduate studies in English at Ole Miss (“did graduate studies” is code for investing two years and coming out with nothing), and received his D.Min. from Whitefield Theological Seminary. R.C. is the former editor of Tabletalk magazine, associate pastor of teaching of Saint Peter Presbyterian Church, and the director of the Highlands Study Center. He has written or edited nine books and contributed to several others. He once wrote for WORLD Magazine and for the Covenant Syndicate. The important thing is that he is the husband of Denise and the father of Darby, Campbell, Shannon, Delaney, Erin Claire, and Maili. At the Highlands Study Center, R.C. teaches the Tuesday Night Bible study for the community, most of the Highlands Academy classes, the resident students, and serves as senior editor of Every Thought Captive.
Kevin Swanson
Kevin Swanson is the author of two books, The Second Mayflower and Upgrade: The Ten Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child. He has worked in radio and television media for twenty-two years and now hosts a daily radio program networked across western states and the Web, called “Generations with Kevin Swanson.” With a vision toward biblical reformation of education and all of culture, Kevin serves as a pastor of Reformation Church in Castle Rock and as executive director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado. Kevin and his wife, Brenda, home school five children in their home on the eastern plains of Colorado.