· A Vacation with a Purpose ·              · November 4, 5 & 6, 2005 ·

Join us in the Smoky Mountains for Fall, Family, Fun, Fellowship,
Foundational Bible & Worldview Teaching and your First Christmas Celebration of 2005
Worldview Weekend Family Reunion Speakers

Brannon Howse Back to Home

  1. President and founder of American Family Policy Institute and Worldview Weekend. Worldview Weekend is America’s largest national Christian worldview conference series. Founded in January of 1993, Worldview Weekend is now held in approximately twenty states each year with an annual attendance of approximately twenty thousand.
  2. Brannon's is the founder of www.christianworldviewnetwork.com which features columns and articles by some of America's best Christian worldview authors and speakers. Brannon's website was receiving an estimated one million page views per month in its first eight months.
  3. Brannon is the founder of Worldview Weekend Online Institute, www.worldviewtraining.com which is a 12 week online course. In its first year of opening, Worldview Weekend Online Institute had nearly 1,000 students. Due to the numerous requests by Pastors to teach this course as a class in their church, Brannon developed the online course into an in-class curriculum with leader's manual, student manual, DVDs, CDs, tests and final exams.
  4. Worldview Weekend features nationally known speakers such as Josh McDowell, David Limbaugh, David Barton, Kirk Cameron, David Jeremiah, Kerby Anderson, Star Parker, Al Denson, Erwin Lutzer and others. U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay has been a keynote speaker at Worldview Weekend as well as the Honorable Dick Armey when he was U.S. House Majority Leader.
  5. Brannon is a trained tenor soloist and has preformed in hundreds of American churches including that of Dr. D. James Kennedy and Dr. Chuck Swindoll as well as performing at the Anaheim Convention Center for the 10,000 delegates of the Association of Christian Schools International.
  6. Brannon is the host of the Worldview Weekend Family Reunion which is held in Branson, Missouri each spring and is attended by more than two thousand people. This three-day event features numerous nationally known speakers, comedians, musicians and plenty of free time to enjoy Branson. The Worldview Weekend Family Reunion is filmed each year and produced into an eight DVD set that has been one of Worldview Weekend's best selling productions.
  7. In 2002, Brannon received a phone call from the White House Office of Faith Based Ministries asking if he would conduct some research on their behalf. Brannon was honored to donate his time to conduct this research and serve the President and his initiative that Brannon feels is important.
  8. Brannon has also conducted book research on behalf of best-selling authors Michael Reagan, Josh McDowell and David Limbaugh.
  9. Brannon is president and founder of Howse Agency, a literary and marketing firm. Brannon served as the literary agent for Michael Reagan, son of President Reagan, for his book Twice Adopted which was released in October of 2004.
  10. Brannon has served as the education reporter for The Michael Reagan show since 1993 and serves as a frequent guest host. Brannon was honored to sit in and host Mike’s national radio show during the week that Mike was attending his father’s funeral and memorial services.
  11. Brannon is the author of four books on education, family issues, and Christian worldview topics. Brannon’s books include, An Educational Abduction, Reclaiming A Nation At Risk and One Nation Under Man? The Worldview War Between Christians and the secular, published by one of America’s largest publishers, Broadman and Holdman. Brannon's fourth book, Christian Worldview for the Student will be released in March of 2006.
  12. Brannon's is the president of Worldview Weekend Publishing which was founded in October of 2005. Worldview Weekend Publishing will publish a few select books each year as well as write, develop and publish Christian worldview curriculum.
  13. Brannon is the co-host of Christian Worldview This Week. This weekly radio broadcast is heard on more than 225 stations each week. Brannon has been a featured speaker at Dr. D. James Kennedy's "Reclaiming America Conference," and Beverly Lahaye’s “Concerned Women of America Conference” in Washington D.C.
  14. Due to his expertise in family issues, Brannon has been a guest on over 600 radio and television programs, including "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News); The News on MSNBC, "Truths That Transform" with Dr. D. James Kennedy; "The G. Gordon Liddy Show," "The Michael Reagan Show," "The Ken Hamblin Show," "The Oliver North Show," "Action Sixties," "Point of View," "Family News and Focus," "U.S.A. Radio News," "Standard News," and many others.
Ken Ham Back to Home

  1. One of the most in-demand Christian conference speakers in the United States.
  2. Each year he gives dozens of faith-building talks to tens of thousands of children and adults (he receives about 500 invitations to speak annually) on such topics as dinosaurs, creation vs. evolution, the reliability of the Bible, the origin of 'races' etc.
  3. Author of many books on Genesis, including the best-selling "The Lie: Evolution" and a number of children's books ("D is for Dinosaur", "A is for Adam", etc). His most recent books are "One Blood--the Biblical Answer to Racism" and "Dinosaurs of Eden", and in 1999, he co-authored the updated and expanded "Answers Book". Ken is also featured in the acclaimed film "The Genesis Solution", which was nominated as 'Best Christian Film - Documentary.'
  4. Ken is heard daily on the radio program "Answers...with Ken Ham" (broadcast on more than 500 outlets worldwide), and is a frequent guest on nationwide US talk show programs.
David Barton Back to Home

  1. Best-selling author
  2. One of America's most sought after convention speakers
  3. (1996/97) Two Thousand Notable American Men Hall of Fame
  4. Involved in several cases at the US Supreme Court
  5. Spoken in numerous state legislatures
Woodrow Kroll Back to Home

  1. President and Senior Bible Teacher, Back To the Bible
  2. Before coming to Back to the Bible, he was president of Practical Bible College in Binghamton, New York, for 10 years.
  3. An avid traveler and lover of archeology, Dr. Kroll has led a tour to Israel each year for the last 25 years.
  4. He and his wife, Linda, live in Lincoln, Nebraska. They have four adult children.
Al Denson Back to Home

  1. Click here for Al Denson's bio
Kerby Anderson Back to Home

  1. Author of numerous books including his most recent book, Moral Dilemmas, written at the request of Chuck Swindoll
  2. Author of articles and editorials appearing in Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury, and Houston Post
  3. Guest host of radio talk shows "Point of View" and "Open Line"
Dr. Erwin Lutzer Back to Home

  1. Dr. Erwin Lutzer was born and reared near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. His educational background includes a B.Th fro Winnipeg Bible College, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, an MA from Loyola University, an honorary LL.D. from Simon Greenleaf School of Law, and an honorary Doctorate from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary.
  2. For five years Dr. Lutzer was the Pastor of Edgewater Baptist Church in Chicago and later became and assistant professor of Bible and Theology at the Moody Bible Institute. On January 1, 1980 he became the Senior Pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago. From this vantage point he has provided leadership to Chicago pastors in the discipline of prayer and fasting.
  3. Dr. Lutzer is the author of numerous books among which are: Failure, The Back Door to Success, How to Say No to a Stubborn habit, and Christ Among Other Gods. Hitler's Cross(April 1995), was awarded the Christian Booksellers Gold Medallion Award and One Minute After You Die(January 1997), was on their Best Sellers List. Recent releases include: Seven Reasons Why You Can Trust The Bible(November 1998), Why The Cross Can Do What Politics Can't(January 1999), Seven Convincing Miracles, and Understanding the Claims of Christ in Today's Culture(October 1999).
  4. Dr. Lutzer is the featured speaker on "The Moody Church Hour" and the popular evening program "Songs in the Night," as well as the fifteen-minute daily broadcast called "Running to Win," available on the Moody Broadcasting Network and many Christian radio stations around the country. His speaking engagements outside the pulpit of the Moody Church include Bible conferences and seminars, both domestically and in other parts of the world.
  5. Dr. Lutzer and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area and are the parents of three children.