My Response to Media Smear of Ark Encounter’s 10-Year Anniversary

Well, the Cincinnati Enquirer has in recent times been hostile toward our ministry and has repeatedly “reported” on anything to do with us in an extremely biased way. Take the headline they chose for their story on our anniversary: “Why Astronauts Are Coming to Celebrate ‘Anti-Science’ Ark Encounter.” (What a headline!)

The Enquirer’s hostility toward us is not a figment of my imagination. It’s been confirmed by a former reporter with the paper. This week, this person shared with us:

I don’t subscribe to your views on Genesis, but I respect them. I am convinced your leaders are sincere in their beliefs. I witnessed firsthand that the Enquirer has been negative, and even derisive, to AiG in editorial meetings. The Enquirer’s goal was to portray AiG unfavorably.

The story is not an unbiased reporting of the facts on our anniversary or even the Ark’s economic impact on the area (which is considerable). Rather the story tries to smear us and the godly astronauts who are coming to speak. So what’s my response? Well, I recorded a video for our social media team. You can watch my full response below:

Yes, the hostility toward the message of the Ark Encounter continues. But we expect that—it’s been happening for over 10 years now! (And I’ve dealt with it for over 50 years in ministry!) Regardless, we’re excited to celebrate all that the Lord has done over the past decade and the souls who have been saved at the Ark Encounter. We hope you can join us in person, but if not, please join with us from wherever you are in praising God for what he is doing.

Learn more about the 10th anniversary on our events page.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.