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Kenneth Alfred Ham
- Kenneth Alfred Ham (born 20 October 1951) is an Australian Christian fundamentalist, young Earth creationist, apologist and former science teacher, living in the United States. He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
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Answers in Genesis resulted from the merging of two Australian creationist organizations in 1980, one led by John Mackay and Ken Ham (Creation Science Supplies and Creation Science Educational Media Services) and the other by Carl Wieland (Creation Science Association).
4 days ago · Ken Ham is the Founder CEO of Answers in Genesis and its two popular attractions: the acclaimed Creation Museum and the internationally known Ark Encounter, which features a life-size 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark—sometimes described as the “8th Wonder of the Modern World.” Each year, the two attractions host over 1.5 million guests.
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Ken Ham left a position as a public school science teacher in Queensland, Australia, in 1979 after being engaged in part-time creation speaking for three years (primarily on weekends).1At a special service at his church, Sunnybank Baptist in Brisbane, the pastor and deacons laid hands on Ken and Mally to set them apart to the work of what Ken was t...
After establishing the Australian CSF ministry and conducting a few teaching tours in the United States sponsored by Master Books of California (now based in Arkansas), Ken and Mally (and their five children) temporarily moved to Arizona for six months in 1986 to work with Films For Christ. This partnership resulted in about 100 speaking and radio/...
For many years, Ken tried to have ICR and others distribute the CSF magazine in the United States, but for many reasons, this was not possible. Therefore, Ken and Mally began a United States company to distribute the magazine themselves, primarily using volunteers (but eventually having to hire their next-door neighbors and then a full-time secreta...
In 1993, Ken and Mally were visited by Wyoming pastor Don Landis and his wife, Beverly. Pastor Landis suggested that it was time for the “loan” to ICR to conclude and to begin a new US ministry. Ken discussed this possibility with various family members in Australia (particularly with his now-late brother Robert) and staff at the CSF headquarters (...
During this decade, AiG–US saw hundreds of new radio stations carrying the Answers radio program, a huge boost in visits to the AiG website (now averaging about 30 million visits a year), and several hundred requests each year to conduct teaching meetings. In 2006, the AnswersInGenesis.org website received the prestigious “Best Ministry Website” aw...
In early 2006, a donation of $50,000 from a California family broke the $20,000,000 mark in donations for the $27 million, 60,000 sq. ft. Creation Museum as AiG looked forward to a 2007 opening.2 The teaching ministry continued its dramatic growth. In 2006, over 300 events in various cities were held. A single visit to one city might see up to six ...
In January, AiG launched a new division that would expand the ministry’s international outreach: Answers Worldwide. Soon, this division was setting up apologetics training courses for Christian leaders who travelled to AiG from around the world, conducting speaking tours overseas, and increasing the number of translated materials and articles to 75...
By the end of 2008, God had blessed AiG–US with about 260 staff (growing to over 325 in the summertime because of large museum crowds)—and several animals (on display in a new petting zoo, which was to become a great family attraction on the museum grounds). The Answers radio program was now heard on about 900 stations worldwide, and the AiG websit...
With only five years under its belt, AiG’s Answers magazine was the recipient of the “Award of Excellence” by the Evangelical Press Association (EPA). Answerswas recognized as #1 overall in the esteemed “General” category. It was also commended in other categories related to the quality of writing and artwork. By the end of 2011, one of the three r...
The year started with great news. For the second time in six years, AiG was blessed to be the recipient of the “Best Ministry Website” award from the 1,200-member National Religious Broadcasters. Each year NRB acknowledges a ministry website that “shows excellence in design and content, is creative in presentation, and is helping fulfill the minist...
He is the founder, CEO, and former president of Answers in Genesis (AiG), a Christian apologetics organisation that operates the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.
Executive CEO of Answers in Genesis. Dr. Nathaniel T. Jeanson. Research Biologist, Speaker. Dr. Terry Mortenson. International speaker and author of The Great Turning Point. Bryan Osborne. Former public school teacher, worldwide speaker, and author of Quick Answers to Tough Questions. Joe Owen.
Nov 13, 2023 · PETERSBURG, Ky., Nov. 13, 2023 – Answers in Genesis’ Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has unanimously decided to promote Martyn Iles to the position of Executive CEO of Answers in Genesis, serving under Ken Ham. Ham remains Founder CEO and has no plans to retire, but will continue in his oversight role of the entire ...
Dec 8, 2023 · In this video, Answers in Genesis’ founders Ken Ham, Mark Looy, and Mike Zovath talk about how they all met one another, their travel stories, if they expected the ministry to become what...
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