The Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship has announced that Ambassador Alan Keyes will be one of the speakers at its 42nd Annual PEF Family Evangelism Conference on July 13 and 14.

The PEF conference dates are July 12-17, 2010 at Milligan College in Elizabethton, Tenn.

Rev. Rick Light, PEF Executive Director, stated that Mr. Keyes will be one of the speakers at the conference. When asked about Mr. Keyes religious affiliation, Mr. Light stated, “Let me assure your reading audience that he will not be a preacher of the Word. Neither the Executive Director nor the Board of Directors would stand for this. Mr. Keyes will address national, constitutional and governmental issues that face us all and obviously do it from a conservative perspective.”

He continued, “I am glad that his coming has stirred some to at least ask about PEF. This tells me they remember and are even concerned about PEF. Please let our dear friends, who are concerned about Mr. Keyes being with us, know this: we are not, nor do we intend to embrace Mr. Keyes ecclesiastical position of Roman Catholicism. We are simply ‘spoiling the riches of Egypt’ so that we may become, by the grace of God, better equipped salt shakers and light bearers (evangelists) in the glorious kingdom of God here in our beloved nation.”

Mr. Light stated further, “In the years that I have been Executive Director, since 1999, I have asked numerous conservative, protestant evangelicals (can I say shakers and movers … heavy hitters among us?) to come and address these issues at our annual conference. They have all graciously refused for different reasons. Mr. Keyes graciously agreed to come fully understanding our ecclesiastical differences and his limitations.”

For more information about PEF, its ministry and the Family Conference, go here.