Ken Ham is the founder and CEO of Answers in Genesis and its two popular attractions: the acclaimed Creation Museum and the internationally known Ark Encounter, which features a life-size 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark. A sought-after Christian speaker and interview guest, in 2014 Ham attracted attention throughout America by debating Bill Nye, “The Science Guy.” Ham hosts the daily radio program Answers and has launched the new streaming service Answers TV. He’s also the founder of the award-winning Answers magazine. A prolific author of more than 30 books, Ham’s newest releases are Divided Nation (about today’s culture wars) and the devotional commentary Creation to Babel. Ken and his wife Mally have five children and eighteen grandchildren and reside in northern Kentucky.

Bryan Osborne from Answers in Genesis will be with us in person. See below for his workshop topics.

Connie Albers is a leading author, podcaster, and speaker dedicated to supporting parents and homeschoolers. With her book Parenting Beyond the Rules and podcast Equipped To Be, she provides positive parenting strategies for today's families. Featured on multiple media outlets, including Focus on the Family, FOX 35 Orlando, and The Busy Mom podcast, Connie is a trusted voice on balancing life's demands. Join her community and listen to the Equipped To Be podcast for advice, support, and inspiration. With 38 years of marriage and five adult children, Connie's expertise is rooted in truth and seasoned with her personal experience.

Saturday morning Keynote Address:
Parenting and Homeschooling Beyond the Rules

Connie Albers will also provide inspiration and heartfelt encouragement for homeschool moms at our Friday night special event. See below for program details and ticket information (coming soon).

Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. His seminars, presented around the world, address issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, practical experience, and humor.

Hal & Melanie Young are the award-winning, best-selling authors of Raising Real Men, No Longer Little, and Love, Honor, and Virtue, and the hosts of the Making Biblical Family Life Practical podcast. They are publishers, writers, bloggers, and popular conference speakers internationally known for their Christ-centered focus and practical, real-life stories.

Jeannie Fulbright has been writing curriculum, encouraging, and speaking into the lives of homeschoolers for more than twenty years. Her children, homeschooled with the Charlotte Mason model, all went to college on scholarship. Jeannie is the author of Apologia’s award-winning science series, several educational fiction books, as well as other Charlotte Mason-inspired curricula and books.

S.D. Smith is the author of The Green Ember series, a bestselling middle grade adventure saga. Smith's stories captivate readers across the globe who are hungry for "new stories with an old soul." Smith loves to speak to audiences about storytelling, imagination, and seeing yourself as a character in the story.

J.C. Smith is a seventeen-year-old author, musician, and screenwriter. Josiah is a student and ministry leader in Grandview, West Virginia, where he lives with his family. He is the co-author of Jack Zulu and the Waylander's Key.

Tauna Meyer is the founder of ProverbialHomemaker.com and author of the curriculum Sound Words for Kids: Lessons in Theology. Tauna is a homeschooling mom of six who speaks to women with encouragement that is relatable and tools that work in real life! She and her husband, Aaron, serve as leaders with OCEANetwork, Oregon's Christian homeschool organization that works to protect and expand homeschool freedoms in their state.

Bryan Osborne is passionate about reaching the lost with the gospel! As an expert in the use of exciting, apologetics-based evangelism and chronological Bible teaching, this former athlete connects with audiences through real-life stories and facts that confirm the truth of the Bible. He is a gifted communicator who speaks at conferences and in churches for Answers in Genesis, and his blog helps parents and ministry leaders to combat biblical illiteracy.

Colene Lewis homeschooled her daughters through high school in a home where learning was a joy and a way of life. Alongside her husband, Tom, Colene served on the board of AFHE for over 13 years. She encourages homeschooling families with speaking, writing, and service.
Colene will also be speaking on Thursday at our You Can Homeschool! Mini-Conference (9:30 AM - 12:30 PM).

David and Shirley Quine have been blessed by God, sharing 51 years of marriage, life, and ministry. Their passion is to equip the next generation to "stand firm" in Christ in the 21st century. Together they created Cornerstone Curriculum, a homeschool curriculum which assists parents in the discipleship of their children.

Antoinette LaGrossa

Join with your fellow homeschool moms (grandmoms are welcome, too!) for this special night of encouragement with Connie Albers!

Connie Albers is a leading author, podcaster, and speaker dedicated to supporting parents and homeschoolers. With her book Parenting Beyond the Rules and podcast "Equipped To Be," she provides positive parenting strategies for today's families and helps Christian women discover and develop their gifts, strengths, and talents to navigate all seasons of life. Featured on multiple media outlets, Connie is a trusted voice on balancing life's demands.

This will be an intimate, interactive evening of warm fellowship, heartfelt encouragement, and fun. We will RETREAT by stepping out of the swiftly moving current of our busy lives for a couple of hours, and RECHARGE as we listen, ponder, and fellowship together.

Friday, July 14 | 6:30-8:30 PM | Room 162-163
Cost is $19 per person
Dessert and beverages provided

Tickets may be added to your online registration (available to AFHE members), or purchased onsite (space available). Only 140 tickets will be sold!

RESOUNDING VOICE - WORKSHOP RECORDINGS
ONSITE CONVENTION SPECIAL:  (price TBA) FULL SET MP3
Enjoy the AFHE Convention all year long! Purchase a full-set MP3 of the workshop recordings on-site July 14-15 (price TBA).

THREE DAY POST-CONVENTION SPECIAL ONLINE
Sunday, July 16 – Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Purchase the full-set MP3 recordings at this special price (TBA)
store.resoundingvoice.com 

Note: Workshops taught by a few speakers will be available for purchase
on-site only. A list will be published prior to Convention. All others can be purchased following the Convention on the Resounding Voice website.

EXHIBITOR WORKSHOPS:  The full-set MP3 recording includes exhibitor workshops from those vendors who have granted permission. This includes many, but not all of the exhibitor workshops. Also available for individual purchase on-site and following.

Speaking at the AFHE Convention is by invitation. We seek to engage speakers whose content and message fit AFHE’s philosophy, vision, and mission, and do not conflict with the AFHE Board of Directors’ biblical worldview.

As part of our careful speaker selection process, we will review speaker packets that are sent to us. Speaker packets are reviewed in August/ September for the following year’s AFHE Convention and selections are finalized before the end of the year. If we are interested in having you speak, we would contact you most likely in October or November.

Speaker packets should include biographical information, workshop titles and descriptions, and a recording or two of the speaker teaching for our review. Due to the high number of inquiries we receive, we are only able to follow up with those whom we invite to speak.

AFHE Convention
Attn: Speaker Coordinator
P.O. Box 2035
Chandler, AZ 85244
Email: speakercare@afhe.org