Sarah Palin will be the featured speaker at a women’s conference at Liberty University this fall.
The former Alaska governor will share her “personal testimony of faith” at the Extraordinary Women Conference, which will be held at the Vines Center on Oct. 7-8, according to a news release from conference organizers.
Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said in an e-mail Tuesday that the university is “honored to host (the conference) and to welcome Governor Sarah Palin to our campus.
“Governor Palin is greatly admired by our Liberty University faculty, staff and students for her patriotism and her determination to stand up for what is right despite vicious and unrelenting attacks against her and her family.”
The conference in Lynchburg is one of several stops on the 2011 “Everlasting Hope” tour, part of outreach efforts by the American Association of Christian Counselors, a Forest-based organization led by Liberty professor Tim Clinton. His wife, Julie Clinton, is the point person for the Extraordinary Women conferences.
“We are just thrilled to death,” Julie Clinton said in an interview Tuesday about Palin’s upcoming appearance in Lynchburg.
Palin, who will speak at the conference on Oct. 8, was sworn in as the first female governor of Alaska in December 2006. In August 2008, she was named as Sen. John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate, making her the first woman to run on the Republican Party’s presidential ticket. She was named in TIME magazine’s 2010 list of “100 Most Influential People.”
Her October appearance at Liberty will be broadcast live to more than 1,000 churches, Falwell said.
Palin is one of several speakers at the event. Others include New York Times best-selling author of “Made to Crave,” Lysa TerKeurst; “Self Talk, Soul Talk” author Jennifer Rothschild; and “The Christmas Shoes” author Donna VanLiere.
“We have a great lineup,” Julie Clinton said.
The event also will feature concerts as well as praise and worship.
“Everything we do is designed to help women draw closer to the heart of God and those they love dearest,” Julie Clinton said. “This year’s program is designed to help women develop and live a life of ‘Everlasting Hope.’”
The 2011 “Everlasting Hope” tour began last weekend in Tulsa, Okla. Other conference locations this year include Greenville, S.C.; Pensacola, Fla.; and Birmingham, Ala. None list Palin as a speaker.
Staff writer Liz Barry contributed.
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