Sign Up for the 2009 Father and Daughter Retreat

Join Dr. Voddie Baucham, Doug Phillips, Scott Brown, Geoff Botkin and a Panel of Visionary Young Ladies for the Father and Daughter Event of the Year!

T he reports are coming in, and they are not good.

The average father in America spends less than ten minutes a day with his daughter. He knows little about her life or her heart. He can quote detailed sports statistics and daily gas prices, but he has little or nothing to say of eternal value to his little girl when the two of them are alone — which is almost never. Is it any wonder that the average daughter is emotionally and spiritually disconnected from her father? She invests her own time in the pursuit of fantasy, peers, boys — anything that will fill the gaping hole created by the absence of godly, fatherly manhood in her life.

This father-daughter deficit has helped to place our nation in a cultural depression so great that we are suffering from the most significant family crisis in the history of our country. But that is only half the story.

Here is the other half: Christian families are in the business of defying popular trends and statistics. Spurred on by the Scripture’s discipleship directives, more and more fathers are setting aside the distractions of the world and are pursuing their daughters’ hearts. And when God turns the hearts of fathers to their daughters and daughters to their fathers, He is “mak[ing] ready a people prepared for the Lord” (Luke 1:17).

Why They Are Coming

That is why hundreds of fathers and daughters will be coming to the world-famous Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, March 27-29 for the 2009 Vision Forum Ministries Father and Daughter Retreat.

They are coming to celebrate the father and daughter relationship. They are coming to reconnect their spiritual batteries so that their vision is recharged. They are coming to receive much-needed encouragement as they stand with like-minded men and women who are committed to a biblical vision for family life.

My husband and daughter were immensely blessed by the event, and I am enjoying the “side effects.” My heart has been filled to overflowing! —Past Participant

... I’ve witnessed my daddy be encouraged as he soaked up the teaching of godly men, and my sister and I have been renewed through the fellowship and the righteous example of like-hearted girls. —Anna C.

A Time of Celebration

The Father and Daughter Retreat is a time of learning and fellowship, but it is also a time for celebration. Fathers and daughters can enjoy the world famous Callaway Butterfly Gardens; they will have time to enjoy long, meaningful walks; and, and they will participate in our Father and Daughter Unity Games.

A favorite part of this celebration has always been our signature “high tea.” Fathers and Daughters come dressed in their best as they enjoy a beautifully catered event, complete with assorted fine English teas, scones, tarts, cucumber sandwiches, and pastries. Each attendee is given their very own porcelain teacup to take home as a memento of this special occasion.

‘What He Must Be... If He Wants to
Marry My Daughter’

This is the title of Dr. Voddie Baucham’s new book from which he will be drawing his messages at this year’s retreat. He is joined by Doug Phillips, Geoff Botkin and Scott Brown for the most powerful line-up of messages in the history of this event. Young ladies in attendance at this year’s retreat will also hear the testimonies of visionary daughters: Jasmine Baucham, as well as Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin (authors of So Much More, and hosts of The Return of the Daughters).

How to Talk to Your Daughter

At this year’s Father and Daughter Retreat, men will learn how to really speak to their daughters—to their hearts and to their minds. They will learn what it means to speak meaningful words, how to avoid crushing the spirit of a daughter, and how to cast vision for a daughter of destiny.

Fundamental questions will be addressed: How can daughters stand against the destructive tidal wave of feminism? How can daughters encourage and bless their fathers? What does it mean to be beautiful? To be virtuous? How can wise fathers safeguard and protect their daughters? Is putting off marriage for “ministry” a good idea? How do new covenant fathers apply old covenant principles? How do biblical principles of femininity and womanhood impact the education and training of our daughters?

How to Teach Our Daughters to Combat the Feministic Messages Given to Them by Hollywood

Geoff Botkin will help fathers learn how to interpret pop culture for their daughters, and how to equip daughters to be wise, discerning interpreters of culture themselves. Daughters will learn the difference between a true biblical heroine and a phony princess. They will be exposed to some of the great women of history and will learn what their legacies and messages are for the daughters of the twenty-first century.

Register Now — Space is Limited!

The Father and Daughter Retreat has been one of Vision Forum Ministries’ most popular and well-attended events in the past and sells out every year. Space for the 2009 retreat is limited to 550 people, and we expect it to fill up very soon. If you would like to attend the 2009 event, we would encourage you to register now to secure your space.

Sign Up for the 2009 Father and Daughter Retreat