Meet the faculty

Randy Sims

Randy Sims has trained Christian students and adults in camps and ministries for 18 years. He has served as a leadership staff member with Kanakuk Kamps, the Institute for Athletic Perfection, Fellowship of Christian Athletes national staff, and T Bar M Sports Camp. As director of Worldview Academy Leadership Camps, Randy is responsible for the leadership training of thousands of students and adults each year. Randy's work has afforded him the opportunity to lead chapel services for both college and professional sports teams, and to participate with the Billy Graham Crusade as a platform speaker. Randy lives with his wife, Amy, and their four children in Texas.

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Bill Jack

Bill Jack spent ten years as an educator in the public schools. He was national representative for the Caleb Campaign, a creationist youth ministry, and a contributing editor for Issues & Answers. He has appeared on numerous national radio and television programs including Jay Sekulow's "A Call to Action" and D. James Kennedy's "Truths that Transform," and has his own radio program entitled "Simple Tools for Brain Surgery." Students nation-wide have learned from Bill at conferences sponsored by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), home schooling organizations, and the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). Bill lives in Colorado with his wife, Tabby, and their three children.

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Jeff Baldwin

Jeff served as the creative editor for Understanding the Times by David A. Noebel, and co-authored the Understanding the Times curriculum. He also co-authored The Summit Ministries Guide to Choosing a College with Dr. Ronald Nash, and recently published an introduction to worldviews entitled The Deadliest Monster. Jeff wrote the novel, Ian, a Christian allegory thematically based on John 15:13-15. His articles have appeared in Breakpoint, Teachers in Focus, The Teaching Home, Issues and Answers, and New Attitude. He and his wife, Linda, and their three children, live in Texas.

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Brandon Booth

Brandon began his worldview training as a Worldview Academy student. Since that time, he has served as college staff, college staff director, and as a camp director. Brandon has used the training he has received from Worldview to bring a fresh enthusiasm to the leadership camps. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Hillsdale College and his M.A. in Historical Theology from Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis. Brandon and his wife, Liv, and their two children live in Saint Louis, Missouri where Brandon is the Dean of Humanities and Rhetoric for Providence Christian Academy.

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Dell Cook

Dell is the newest member of the Worldview Leadership Camp teaching team. He holds a master's degree in divinity and is now completing a second master's in theology. He has served in several Christian camp ministries around the nation as well as being Director of Student Ministries in churches in North Carolina and Florida. He is currently a classical school instructor at Cary Christian School. He, his wife Ginny, and their two daughters live in North Carolina.

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Jay Winslow

Jay has been teaching English in the public schools for twenty-five years emphasizing worldview and critical thinking skills. He has an M.A. in rhetoric and frequently speaks to school, church, and community groups on issues including worldviews, education, language and literacy, and the effects of the media on our culture. Jay and his wife Regina home school their three sons and live in Arizona.

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Michael P. Schutt

Mike is an Associate Professor of Law at Regent University, where he has taught since 1993, and he serves as Director of the Institute for Christian Legal Studies, a cooperative ministry of the Christian Legal Society and Regent Law School. The Institute seeks to encourage Christian law students, professors, and lawyers to seek and study biblical truth as it relates to law and legal institutions. He writes and travels from his home in Texas, where he lives with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.

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Chad Warren

Chad has served with Worldview Academy as college staff, college staff director, and assistant camp director. He is a graduate of Oregon State University and holds a B.S. in Philosophy. He has extensive experience teaching apologetics, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership as a campus minister with Campus Crusade for Christ International. Chad grew up in Colorado and currently lives in New Braunfels, Texas.

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J. Mark Bertrand

Mark is a writer and teacher living in Houston, Texas. He has earned a BA in English from Union University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston. He teaches on a variety of topics, including theology, culture, literature and the arts. In addition to teaching at Worldview Academy, he serves on the board of directors of Strange Land Literacy Foundation, a Christian non-profit organization that promotes literature, theology, culture studies and fellowship, where he coordinates the program's writing workshop. Visit Mark's website at www.jmarkbertrand.com.

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