Contact: Larry Jacobs, World Congress of Families, 815-964-5819, 815-222-2490 mobile, media@worldcongress.org

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 21 /Christian Newswire/ --  Dr. John Howard, a senior fellow of the Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society, will speak on his new book, "Christianity: Lifeblood of America's Free Society," at the Heritage Foundation on October 21.  The lecture will take place at noon in the Lehrman Auditorium.  You can listen live online to the Dr. Howard lecture at www.heritage.org.

Distinguished historian Paul Johnson says of Howard's book: "Dr. Howard has written a powerful and highly readable series of reflections on the role Christianity has played in the history of the United States. ... This is a book those who love America will cherish and learn from."

The book has also been endorsed by a number of Christian leaders and organizations, including Chuck Colson of Prison Fellowship Ministries.  Mr. Colson states, "Howard ably recounts the historic role Christianity has played in the formation and guidance of the United States as well as the consequences of modern America's fall from Christian values.  He does not leave the reader hopeless, however, as he presents an encouraging vision for renewal, one our culture so desperately needs."

After much-decorated service in the First Infantry Division in World War II, John Howard came home with a commitment to explaining and defending the religious ideals on which America was founded.

His public life included service in the Eisenhower Administration. He was also a member of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse.

The President of Rockford College (Rockford, Ill.) for 17 years, John Howard also served as National President of the American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities for three years.

Over 40 of his speeches have been published in Vital Speeches, including his award-winning 2007 address "Liberty Revisited."

Based in Rockford, Illinois, The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society supports the natural family as the fundamental unit of society and operates the World Congress of Families.  Visit www.profam.org for more information.

To schedule an interview with John Howard or purchase a specially signed book, contact Larry Jacobs at 815-964-5819 or larry@profam.org.

The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society located in Rockford, Illinois is an independent, non-profit research and education center that strives to be the leading source of fresh ideas and new strategies for affirmation and defense of the natural family, both nationally and globally.  The World Congress of Families (WCF) is an international network of pro-family organizations, scholars, leaders and people of goodwill from more than 60  countries that seeks to restore the natural family as the fundamental social unit and the 'seedbed' of civil society.  The WCF was founded in 1997 by Allan Carlson and is a project of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society in Rockford, Illinois.  To date, there have been four World Congresses of Families - Prague (1997), Geneva (1999), Mexico City (2004) and Warsaw, Poland (2007).  World Congress of Families V will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on August 10-12, 2009.  Visit www.worldcongress.org for more information.