Some key elements of this ministry:

1.  The ministry was founded in 1996 as a 501(c)(3), not-for profit corporation, and exists to give God His rightful glory in creation.  As such, seminar programs deal with all the facets of the whole creation model, including the flood.  There are many programs that deal with nature issues, with more being added on a regular basis. 

2.  The ministry is involved in presenting creation-oriented seminars in churches, camps, private groups, forums, schools, and anywhere they are invited to present the Gospel through the message of creation.

3.   The ministry is based in Jonestown, PA.  Speaking opportunities take place around the nation and abroad.

Ministry Highlights include:

1.    Church seminars  -  The main thrust of the ministry is the presentation of seminars on the topic of creation vs. evolution.  There are eight sessions in the regular line-up and several other more specialized sessions.

2.    Camps  -  From June to August our focus switches to camps.  Typically these are church related or mission related (such as CEF).  Camps usually are one week long, and so our summers are full of camps, one leading right into the next.  The topic is the same as the seminar lineup, but age sensitive.

3.    TV programs  -  We have recorded several of our programs on tape that have been aired on cable TV.

4.    Schools  -  We present the same programs in schools as in the camps.  Like the camps, these presentations are age-sensitive.  Typically, the schools are Christian schools and home-school groups.

5.    “Creation or Evolution” home study curriculum.  This was introduced in the spring of 2001 primarily at the request of the home-schooling community. Since then, it has also been used in Christian schools and Sunday school programs for all ages as well as Bible study groups.  

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Personal Profile

Mike Snavely was reared in rural South Africa, the son of missionary parents.  His father was a bush pilot for a remote hospital station among the Zulu people.  Throughout his life he has been fascinated with wildlife and had a wide variety of interesting experiences growing up in that region, including a vast array of "pets".  After graduating from Oak Hills Christian College in Minnesota in 1979, he returned to South Africa to work for the National Parks Service in the world-famous Kruger Park.  Following this, he began a career as an African wildlife artist.

 

In 1985 he married Carrie Baum who grew up near Hershey, Pa.   Carrie attended Lancaster Bible College and was an executive secretary for the Pa. Turnpike Commission before becoming a full-time mom.

 

In 1986 they returned to South Africa with TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission) and served by teaching at Durban Bible College.  Since returning to the U.S. they have developed a ministry of teaching subjects related to creation, in seminar format, using nature and wildlife as a basis.  They founded this ministry in 1995 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, after several years of informal teaching on the subject.

 

Mike and Carrie have three children - Luke (1986), John (1989) and Laura (1991) - who are home-educated.

 

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Faith Statement of MISSION: IMPERATIVE!

 

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and the New Testaments are verbally inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equal yet distinct Persons:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.  We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord from the dead, His ascension into heaven and His present ministry on our behalf as mediator, advocate, and intercessor.

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person, and that He convicts, teaches, guides and empowers.  We believe He gives gifts to Christians for the building up of the church.

We believe that man was created in the image of God, that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God, and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and that they must be born again to be accepted by the holy God.

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood, and are saved by grace through faith wholly apart from human merit and works.

We believe that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again, indwelt by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.  We believe that they are also sealed by the Holy Spirit, thus being secured unto the day of redemption.

We believe that Satan is a personal being, a fallen angel, the prince of demons, the great enticer and deceiver and that his destiny is eternal punishment.

We believe that the Scriptures clearly teach that every believer should live a life set apart from all worldly and sinful practices, to abide in Christ and to walk in the Spirit.

We believe that Jesus Christ will personally return to the earth to rule and reign.

We believe in the bodily resurrection of every person, the saved to eternal blessedness and the unsaved to eternal punishment.

(Furthermore, we interpret the days of creation to be literal “24-hour” periods of time, and believe that the earth’s age can be measured in thousands, not billions, of years.) 

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