Worldview Network

The Forum will welcome Nate Simons the Executive Director of Blue Heron Ministries as our guest for the purpose of giving us a biblical worldview perspective on conserving the creation in their community. “Blue Heron Ministries is a Land Trust whose focus is on stewardship, bringing people and nature together”.

The Forum will welcome Dr. E. Calvin Beisner founder of and the National Spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation (www.cornwallalliance.org), as our guest for the purpose of giving us a biblical worldview perspective on the environment.

The Forum will welcome two guests to help us sort through the role of Christians in the Marketplace. Neal Caldwell, founder, past president and CEO for Dalen Products, Inc (www.gardeneer.com) and currently the Chair of the Board for Dalen Products. Dalen proudly manufactures and markets Neal's first patented product, the Gardeneer by Dalen Tomato Tray™, as well as over 75 other products”. Our second guest will be Dale Widmer, co-founder, President and CEO of Petro’s Chili and Chips (www.petros.com) a chain of fast service restaurants:” For over 25 successful years Petro's Chili & Chips has been operating company stores and franchising in both traditional and non-traditional venues. Starting at the Knoxville World’s Fair in 1982 and continuing onto today”. This is an opportunity to hear from Christian businessmen that have been successful in creating jobs, and who have utilized their entrepreneurship and governing their activities through the use of Christian principles in the marketplace.

the Wilberforce Forum will be broadcasting an election night discussion for individuals to speak about political campaigns and events in their community and state as well as comment on the national election and what it might indicate for people of faith. Several Christian Worldview thinkers, writers and commentators have been invited to join the discussion during the 8 - 10 pm EDT broadcast.

The Forum will welcome three guests to help us sort through the role of Christians in Politics. Chuck Colson will join the program first, giving his insight as a political insider in the Nixon Administration as well as comment on the shift that has occurred in today’s political arena. T.M. Moore, Dean of the BreakPoint Centurions and Principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe along with Marvin Olasky, Editor of World Magazine and Provost of The King’s College in New York City will round out the evening which will no doubt be informative and enlightening. This is an opportunity to hear from outstanding Christian Worldview thinkers on the mid-term elections and focus on your own involvement as a Christian in community and government.

Dr. Robert Jackson, Associate Professor at The King’s College (www.tkc.edu) in New York City will be our guest on the Forum as we continue our series focusing on Worldview Conflicts in Education. Dr. Jackson coordinates the college’s Foundations of Education concentration, which explores the history and philosophy of education with an eye to major intellectual trends in modern thought. He is in his tenth year at King’s and “believes that powerful abstractions are best understood when embodied in timeless works of literature”. He holds a Ph.D. in Multicultural Education from Florida State University.

Dr. Anne Hendershott, Professor at The King’s College (www.tkc.edu) in New York City will be our guest on the Forum as we continue our series focusing on Worldview Conflicts in Education. Dr. Hendershott spent 15 years at the University of San Diego as director of urban studies and chair of the sociology department before coming to King's. During her career as a sociologist, she has specialized in the study of abortion and its relation to politics and religion. She left San Diego because she appreciates TKC's mission of engaging culture from a committed Christian worldview. Her articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal and National Review, and she has written numerous books including The Politics of Abortion, Moving for Work, and The Reluctant Caregivers. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Kent State University.

the Forum welcomes Kenan Minkoff from The King’s College to the broadcast to discuss theatre in general and as a discipline in higher education. Mr. Minkoff received a BFA in Acting from the North Carolina School of the Arts, School of Drama, under the direction of former New York Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Gerald Freedman and was a professional actor in New York before he moved into talent management, producing, and creative development, working for companies such as Abrams Artists Agency, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Clear Channel Theatrical Entertainment.

Are the instructors bringing a Christian worldview into the classroom? Are science faculty in Christian institutions different than their secular counterparts or have they been compromised in adopting a “real view” presented by science and a “moral view” by Scripture? How are Christian institutions encouraging promising students to enter the sciences without compromising their Christian worldview in the process?Dr. Bruce Gordon, Associate Professor at The King’s College (www.tkc.edu) in New York City and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington (www.discovery.org) will be our guest on the Forum as we continue our series on Worldview Conflicts in Education.

The Forum welcomes Alissa Wilkinson to the broadcast. Alissa teaches writing at The King's College in New York City and is the founding editor of The Curator and associate editor of Comment, and until recently was on staff at International Arts Movement. Her articles and film criticism have appeared in a variety of publications, including Paste, Christianity Today, WORLD, Relevant, Comment, and the Center for Public Justice's Capitol Commentary. Over subsequent weeks, we will be learning from members of The King College’s Faculty, their observation of conflicts in worldviews in specific disciplines.