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William W. (Bill) Gothard, Jr. (born November 2, 1934) is an American Christian minister, speaker, and writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), notable for his conservative teachings. Among the several strong distinctives of his teaching have been encouragement of Bible memorization, large families, homeschooling, aversion to debt, respect for authority, conservative dress, and extended principles related to identity, family, education, healthcare, music, and finances. At the height of his popularity during the 1970s, the Basic Youth Conflicts seminar with Bill Gothard was regularly filling auditoriums throughout the United States and beyond with attendance figures as large as ten thousand and more for a one-week seminar. In this way, he reached many in the evangelical community from the Baby Boomer generation during their teen years and years of young adulthood. Other seminars during this time included an advanced youth conflicts seminar and as well as seminars for pastors, physicians, and legislators. Bill Gothard has credited a large influence to his parents. His mother, Carmen Christina Gothard (née Torres), was of Mexican-American descent.〔Original data: Cook County Clerk, comp. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008. 〕〔Year: 1910; Census Place: Cicero, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_238; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 1539; FHL microfilm: 1374251.〕〔Year: 1940; Census Place: La Grange, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_782; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 16-277.〕 His father, William Gothard, Sr. was a speaker at many seminars during the early years, and held high positions at organizations that included the Gideons, Child Evangelism Fellowship, and Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://iblp.org/about-iblp/bill-gothard/tribute-william-gothard-sr )〕 == Biography == Bill Gothard received his B.A. in biblical studies from Wheaton College in 1957, an M.A. in Christian education in 1961 from the same institution and a Ph.D. in biblical studies from the unaccredited Louisiana Baptist University in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lbu.edu/outstanding_alumni.htm )〕 Gothard started an organization in 1961 called Campus Teams, which in 1974 changed its name to Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts. Later, in 1989, the organization's name changed again to Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), of which Gothard was the president and a board member until his resignation in 2014. In 1984, he founded the Advanced Training Institute (ATI), a homeschooling program with a curriculum that is based on the Sermon on the Mount.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://iblp.org/about-iblp/what-we-do/educational-programs )〕 Over the years, Bill Gothard has had many political connections with various Republican political leaders, including Mike Huckabee, Sonny Perdue and Sarah Palin.〔 His ministry was also popular with the reality TV Duggar family and others.〔 Gothard has never married. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Gothard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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