Hello, my friends from South Africa!
My wife and I are thrilled to come to South Africa for the first time to meet up with Christian families who are up against the same challenges we face here in the states. With the increasing pressures of secularism, the deleterious effects of bad worldviews on family and culture, and the intense pressures and wide availability of bad media via the internet, Christian families everywhere are signaling SOS! How are we going to raise Christian children in an increasingly, aggressively anti-Christian age? We don’t want our children to be fearful, escapist, or synthesized into the wrong culture — but rather, faithful, courageous, bold servants of Jesus Christ, equipped to disciple the nations, nurture Christian families, and serve Jesus in their generation.
Homeschooling is literally exploding around the world! In just the last few years, we have participated in homeschooling/family discipleship conferences in Russia, the Ukraine, Nepal, Uganda, Brazil, Mexico, Portugal, South Korea, Japan, Malawi, and others.
My parents homeschooled six children on the mission field in Japan, and all six are serving God in various capacities around the world today. We have homeschooled five children (22-32 years of age), and now our children are beginning the process with the third generation. Praise God for His mercy upon us, generation upon generation!
For the last 25 years, I have worked as a director of Christian Home Educators of Colorado and Generations.org, a worldwide homeschooling ministry. I firmly believe that God has raised up family-based discipleship and homeschooling vision for such a time as this, and I want to share this with families in South Africa.
Let’s talk about what the Bible says about the Christian family! Let’s talk about homeschooling and family discipleship this June!
We’re also planning to bring our Generations curriculum with us to the conferences.
Here’s my schedule, as best as we have it right now:
16 June (Friday) – Family Conference – Pretoria
Time: 08h00 – 16h00
Address: Brooklyn – Gemeente (Reformed Church) Brooklyn, 230 Duxbury Rd, Hillcrest, Pretoria, 0083
Contact Number: 083 798 7360 (Gregory Pereira)
Website: www.bcnza.co.za
Email: bcnzabible@gmail.com
Link to pamphlet for Pretoria Family Conference!
17 June (Saturday) – Homeschool Conference – Pretoria
Time: 08h00 – 16h00
Address: Brooklyn – Gemeente (Reformed Church) Brooklyn, 230 Duxbury Rd, Hillcrest, Pretoria, 0083
Contact Number: 083 798 7360 (Gregory Pereira)
Website: www.bcnza.co.za
Email: bcnzabible@gmail.com
Link to pamphlet for Pretoria Homeschool Conference!
18 June (Sunday) – Family Conferences – Brakpan/Pretoria East
Sunday Morning: Wesleyan Church
Time: 10h00 (Maybe second session in Afternoon)
Address: 1065 Zwane St, Tsakane, Brakpan, 1548
Contact Number: 068 733 6026 (Pastor Selby Kubayi)
Email: selby.kubayi@gmail.com
Link to pamphlet for Brakpan Family Conference!
Sunday Evening: EG Kerk Pretoria Oos (Evangelical reformed Church, Pretoria East)
Time: 18h00
Address: Atterbury Rd &, Ajax Ave, Olympus AH, Pretoria, 0042
Contact Number: Dr Andre Bester 081 446 6521 or alternatively 062 136 1794
Email: bester41@gmail.com
21 June (Wednesday) – Homeschool Conference – Nelspruit
Shabbat Shalom
Time: 18h00
Address: Shabbat Shalom: The Resting Place, Nelspruit, 1200
Contact nr: 082 305 0054 (Annalisa Cloete)
Email: resting@shabbatshalom.co.za
Link to pamphlet for Nelspruit Homeschool Conference!
22 June – Reformation Society – Cape Town
Topic: A Legacy of Christian Liberties in the West… and The Real and Present Threat to Freedoms in Our Day
Time: 19h00
Address: Livingstone Fellowship: 28 Park Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700
Contact nr: 021 689 7478 (Nic)
Email: admin@christianlibertybooks.co.za
23-24 June – Family/Homeschool Conference – Cape Town
For more information, check out this website page: event_details/127
Contact nr: 021 689 7478 (Nic)
Email: admin@christianlibertybooks.co.za
Link to pamphlet for Cape Town Family/Homeschool Conference!
For any other queries, please contact Gregory Pereira in Pretoria, at bcnzabible@gmail.com or WhatsApp 083 798 7360.
About Kevin Swanson
Kevin Swanson has keynoted at conferences in 6 continents and over 40 states and provinces in a variety of venues on homeschooling, Christian Education, Family Discipleship, and the Christian worldview. From national leadership conferences to homeschool conventions, father-son retreats, consortiums, pastor’s conferences, church conferences, and other arenas, Kevin has been well received with a wide distribution of audiences. If you have a specialty conference or event addressing a specific topic, please feel free to ask us about crafting a new talk to fit your needs.
For further questions, or to book Kevin Swanson for your event, please reach out to Generations via mail@generations.org.
Full Biography
Homeschooled himself in the 1960’s and 70’s, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, have homeschooled their five children since 1991. Kevin has 52 years of experience in the homeschooling movement and serves as the Director of Generations – a ministry he founded to strengthen homeschool families worldwide. As a father who wants to leave a godly heritage for his own five children, Kevin’s passion is to strengthen and encourage the homeschooling movement all over the world, and to cast a vision for generational faith. For the last 19+ years Kevin has hosted a daily radio program – Generations Radio – the world’s largest homeschooling and Biblical worldview radio program that reaches families across the US and in over 100 countries.
Kevin has served as an elder in his local church for 22 years, while authoring several popular books for homeschoolers, including Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, Family Life, The Story of Freedom, Epoch: The Rise and Fall of the West,Worldview — What We Believe, and What They Believe and Why They are Wrong, As the creator and developer of the Generations’ Christian Discipleship Curriculum, Kevin has also authored dozens of textbooks covering 1st through 12th grade. Serving as a passionate supporter of home education, he has been interviewed on hundreds of media outlets, including Dr. James’ Dobson’s Focus on the Family and the Fox News Network.
Short Bio – Kevin and Brenda Swanson
Kevin Swanson is a second-generation homeschooler, published author, radio personality, and director of Generations, a ministry dedicated to strengthening homeschool families across the country. Kevin and his wife, Brenda have homeschooled and graduated five children, and continue to run an active family economy out of the house. Kevin has authored over 30 books, including Upgrade-10 Secrets to the Best Education for Your Child, Family Life, The Story of Freedom, Epoch: The Rise and Fall of the West, and Worldview — What We Believe, What They Believe and Why They are Wrong. He is a nationally recognized speaker on home discipleship and education, and hosts the daily Generations Radio program heard by homeschool families around the world. As an experienced homeschooling mom (31 years in the trenches), and prayer partner, Brenda is available to pray with and speak with homeschooling moms one-on-one. Connect with Brenda at the conference.
