When the Institute for Creation Research began in 1970, very few organizations focused on the ministry of creation science. Now there are numerous creation ministries—probably one or more in every state, and at least one in 20 other countries. Yet the ICR complex of ministries remains essentially unique in the world of Christendom.

The month of September marks the start of the annual workplace charitable giving season, and the Institute for Creation Research has worked hard to gain approval in selected workplace programs as an additional opportunity for our supporters.

Without a doubt, the remarkable economic upheaval that began some years ago has impacted the entire financial spectrum. Dubbed the "Great Recession" by some economists, this prolonged period of economic uncertainty continues to involve high unemployment, languishing home values, and unprecedented volatility in the stock market.

In the months preceding America's Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, delegates to the Second Continental Congress of this fledgling nation began each meeting with prayer. Fittingly, the very first sentence of this historic document acknowledged their public reliance on the Creator, recognizing "Nature's God" as the authority which validated their shared struggle for freedom.

The so-called "prosperity gospel," a widespread teaching among some evangelicals, claims that material prosperity is a right afforded to all Christians who think, believe, and speak certain things. If you are not "healthy and wealthy," the teaching goes, you must not be living in the will of God.