Eric’s Biography

Born in Kankakee, Illinois, creation speaker Eric Hovind was blessed with the opportunity of growing up in a Christian home under the incredible biblical teachings of his father, Dr. Kent Hovind. Eric says that his father always challenged him with new ideas and projects, including everything from carpentry to Bible studies in order to better serve the Lord.

Throughout his jr. high and high school years, Eric was privileged to travel with his dad every summer as they traveled to churches to speak about creation, evolution, and dinosaurs. It was during his third summer of traveling with his father that Eric realized that he never grew tired of the subject! Hearing creation lectures and debates hundreds of times never became boring. As he listened to his dad teach, Eric, too, surrendered his entire life to serving God by delivering the salvation message.

After completing his high school studies at Pensacola Christian Academy in 1997, he graduated from Jackson Hole Bible College in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Co-founded by Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis and Dr. Don Landis of Jackson Hole Community Bible Church, Jackson Hole Bible College was designed to give students a solid biblical foundation with a special creation emphasis. To further his education in evangelism, Eric then attended Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Eric began full-time service in the ministry of Creation Science Evangelism in 1999. He served in every capacity of the ministry including maintenance, construction, Dinosaur Adventure Land tour guide and manager, video production, as well as traveling and speaking. At the age of 30 Eric committed the rest of his life work to the ministry of reaching people through the creation message. Eric received his ordination from Harbor Baptist Church on November 8, 2008.

Eric has had the opportunity to speak over 2,500 times, traveling to five foreign countries and all fifty states presenting and debating this life-changing message about our Creator. He lives in Pensacola, Florida with his wife, Tanya, and three children, Stephanie, Angie, and Jordan. Managing the Creation Science Evangelism ministry continues to present new and exciting challenges for Eric and the CSE Team as they continue the mission of spreading the Gospel through the creation message.