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Creation Ministries International (CMI) is a non-profit group of autonomous Christian apologetics ministries[1] with a particular focus on Young Earth Creationism, and a literal interpretation of the first chapters of the Book of Genesis. The four autonomous ministries are located in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and South Africa.

CMI offices employ staffs that include Ph.D. scientists, such as Jonathan Sarfati, senior scientist for the Australian office of CMI.[2] CMI also publishes the popular Creation magazine as well as a technical Journal of Creation. Creation has subscribers in 140 countries[3], with 60,000 copies of each issue produced.[4]

History

In 1977, the Creation Science Association (CSA) was organized in Adelaide, Australia by Carl Wieland. In 1978 the organization began the magazine Ex Nihilo (from the Latin phrase Creatio ex nihilo, meaning "Creation out of nothing"). Soon after, the Creation Science Foundation (CSF) took over production of Ex Nihilo (later renaming it Creation Ex Nihilo, and eventually simply Creation). In 1984, CSF started the Ex Nihilo Technical Journal for more in-depth analysis of creation issues (it was later renamed Creation Ex Nihilo Technical Journal, then simply TJ, and is now the Journal of Creation).

In the mid-1990s, Ken Ham, formerly of the Creation Science Foundation and then part of the Institute for Creation Research, formed an autonomous ministry in the United States. This ministry, along with the Australian Creation Science Foundation, were branded as Answers in Genesis; eventually, legally-autonomous Answers in Genesis offices were opened in Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.

In late 2005/early 2006, differences in operating philosophies caused the US and UK offices of Answers in Genesis to part ways with the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African offices. For differentiation, the latter four offices chose to rebrand under the name "Creation Ministries International" and create a unique website.[5]

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