Bill Gothard is an American Christian minister, speaker, and writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), an independent fundamentalist Christian organization. His conservative teachings encourage Bible memorization, large families, homeschooling, aversion to debt, familial patriarchy, the submission of wives to husbands, and modest attire.
IBLP has been described as a cult by former followers of the religion.
In 2008 the rise to celebrity status of one group of IBLP followers, the Duggar family, through the TLC series 17 Kids and Counting, brought a new wave of interest in the organization and its teachings.
Though not a member of the Board, Mike Huckabee has been actively involved and has openly supported IBLP, as has Rick Perry.
The property is over 2,500 acres, includes accomodations for up to 200 guests, a 1 mile long runway for private jets, and a 243 acre lake.
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