Missionary Update            Spring 2004 Letter; Vol. 21 No.2

Celebrating 20 Years!
Looking Back — Looking Ahead

by Dave & Mary Jo Nutting

Can you believe it? This year, we are celebrating Alpha Omega Institute’s 20th Anniversary! We have seen many changes over those years besides grayer hair and a few more wrinkles. Twenty years ago very few people had ever heard the case for creation. Most hadn’t even known there were books available on the subject. As we, along with other creation ministries, shared the evidence for creation and the fallacies of evolution, eyes began to pop open to the Truth of God’s Word!

Today, a whole generation of children has completed it’s formal education and is now raising a new generation. Praise God that so many of these young adults have now heard creation teaching and have been equipped to share the truth of God’s creation and to arm their own children to withstand evolutionary indoctrination. Others have also been trained to teach creation and they are actually training others to teach as well. There has been has been much progress — but the battle still rages. Evolution is still strongly promoted in schools, media and even in some churches. Too many children and adults still have not heard the truth of God’s Word and the problems with evolution. Some have asked us so what? Why bother? Well, here is why we still continue this ministry:

• Evolution is the #1 reason young people give for rejecting the Gospel.
• Evolution undermines acceptance of the truth and authority of God’s Word.
• Evolution is one of the main reasons young people leave the church.
• Evolutionary teaching takes away from our view of God and how He values us.
• Belief in evolution makes people believe they are just animals; therefore anything goes.
• Evolution is just plain bad science.

As we look ahead, we are committed to continue spreading the Good News – that God is our Creator; that His Word and His world agree; and that He wants all of us to enter into an eternal relationship with Him through faith in Jesus Christ. We are also committed to see people of all ages grow in that relationship as Discover Creation and they walk confidently in the Truth of God’s Word.

As we think back over these years, we are so grateful for the abundant opportunities God has given to minister to people here in the USA and internationally. We praise God for the dedicated staff at AOI and for all of you faithful partners who stand with us in this battle for the hearts and minds of this generation. God is using you to make a difference!

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