What is AiG?
Ken Ham posted the following on Facebook this morning:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/notes/ken-ham/aig-is-a-biblical-authorit...
Many of the criticisms of Answers in Genesis, especially from other Christians, are based on misconceptions of what AiG is all about.
AiG is not primarily about the "creation vs. evolution" controversy, although that's part of it. It's not just an "age of the earth" issue, either. Nor are the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter about entertainment.
AiG, the Creation Museum, and the Ark Encounter are about defending the authority of the Word of God.
from Ken's Facebook post:
Over the years, we have worked to help people understand that although AiG is an apologetics ministry, we want to be known as a biblical authority ministry. The battle before us, in the church and world is one over God's Word. One of our major emphases is to call the church back to the authority of the Word of God.
He continues:
At AiG, we reach out to young and old (and everywhere in between) to :
a. Equip Christians so they can defend the Christian faith and know how to share the gospel in such a secular culture
b. Challenge non-Christians concerning the truth of God's Word and thus their need to respond to the gospel that is based in that history.
c. Reach the coming generations with the message of God's Word and the gospel.
AiG's goal is to spread the Gospel by defending the Word of God. AiG is first and foremost an evangelistic ministry. Many people don't understand this, or why the origins debate is so crucial to the Gospel. Much of the criticism of AiG is because many critics misunderstand what AiG is all about.
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Permalink Reply by David Thomas Posey on -
That's what I appreciate so much about AiG. They do care about all of Scripture and defend the faith, but they primarily care about people. It is easy for me to get so caught up in defending the faith that I forget why I am supposed to defend anything in the first place. AiG helps me remember this.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Brace on -
AIG was the first place I was led to when the issue's of creation and the importance of understanding it became an issue. I grew up never questioning creation or any part of genesis. I think it is important to know that you cannot accept only half the Bible and think that you can grow as a child of God. I thank God for all the research and publications they do each day and it is an integral [art of my daily life. Makes me want to learn more and more :)
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Permalink Reply by Justin Poe on -
I can honestly say that my faith was renewed and my want to learn more about Scripture was due to my first visit to the Creation Museum. It was over a year ago and since then my family (wife and four kids, fifth on the way) bought a 5 year membership which I'm sure we'll upgrade to a lifetime. We've bought tons of materials from the bookstore there. It's a great place to go and thanks to AiG for their ministry.
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Permalink Reply by Brian Guiley on -
I heard Ken Ham speak at a Christian Youth Camp back when he was with ICR. Been an ardent 6 day creationist ever since, although, truth be told, I hadn't really been presented with the issue prior. It just made so much sense, and renewed my faith in the Bible which I hadn't known was eroding. (I was a nerdy kid, interested in science and space and such) When he started AIG I then had two resources. Although I must say I like AIG better (it has a greater wealth of material).
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