Creation Ministries International
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Creation Ministries International (CMI) is one of the world's leading Young-Earth creationist organisations, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. Each of the seven branch ministries has its own governing board. The Managing Director of the parent ministry (Australia) is Dr. Carl Wieland.
CMI is an overtly Christian ministry that concentrates on encouraging and equipping the Church. They are also the publisher of the popular magazine Creation and the technical Journal of Creation (formerly TJ).
Its statement of faith includes the following:
- The scientific aspects of creation are important, but are secondary in importance to the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as Sovereign, Creator, Redeemer and Judge.
- The doctrines of Creator and Creation cannot ultimately be divorced from the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Ministry
Most outreach ministry is done in churches, with small amounts done in Christian schools and occasionally in universities in conjunction with Christian student organisations.
Speakers and writers include Dr Don Batten, Dr Tas Walker, Dr David Catchpoole, Dr Jonathan Sarfati, Gary Bates, and Peter Sparrow based in Australia, Richard Fangrad and Dr Emil Silvestru based in Canada, Adrian Bates based in New Zealand, Dr Johan Kruger based in South Africa, and Philip Bell based in England. Many of the speakers have conducted meetings and seminars in other countries also.
Two unusual ministry activities conducted by CMI in Australia are the Creation Bus and the Ark Van.
Darwin film
CMI is producing a documentary film challenging evolution, for release in 2009, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. The $US5 million film is, they say, "among the biggest documentary film projects undertaken by any faith-funded Christian organization in the world"[1]
Support Groups
CMI operates with the help of volunteer support groups, mostly located in the Australian state capitals. These groups assist speakers with setting up and manning resource displays (sales tables), transport, and accommodation, and also conduct ministry themselves, either with a local volunteer speaker or by projecting a DVD.
History
Formerly known as Answers in Genesis, Creation Ministries International began in Australia. Dr. Carl Wieland set up the Creation Science Association in 1977 as the first creationist organization in Australia. In 1980 it joined with the Creation Science Educational Media Services started in the late 1970s by Mr. Ken Ham (now president of Answers in Genesis-US) and Mr. John Mackay. The new organization was known as the Creation Science Foundation (CSF). CSF adopted the Answers In Genesis name around 1996 after opening an office in the USA, where the word "foundation" in the name was problematic.
AiG expanded to New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and South Africa, each being a separate autonomous organization, but working closely together.
In early 2006, the U.S. and U.K. ministries "withdrew" from the other AiG ministries while retaining control of the AiG website. The Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, and South African organizations changed their name to Creation Ministries International and started their own website. They opened offices in the U.K. and U.S. initially as distribution points for CMI periodicals, though both are now also speaking ministries. Around the same time, AiG in the United States announced their decision to discontinue distributing Creation Magazine and the technical publication Journal of Creation, replacing the former with a new magazine known as Answers Magazine. (NOTE: Creation Magazine and the Journal of Creation, are still available to US and UK subscribers from CMI's US and UK online stores). In 2006, CMI opened new offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. A Singapore office was opened in 2007.
A more detailed history (including the history of Answers in Genesis, and the reasons for the new structure) is available on the CMI web-site
References
- Creation Ministries International
- CMI's History - CMI Web Site
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