[Editor’s Note: This blog post has been updated as of February 16, 2012, to reflect the current status of the Ark Encounter project.]
Website Updates Reveal More Plans for the Project
Since the December 1 announcement of the Ark Encounter project, there’s been a flurry of activity. Teams in Missouri, Indiana, and Kentucky are all staying busy this spring with concept and attraction design. Content development, site preparation work, engineering, architectural design, and coordination are all ongoing, not to mention the fund-raising efforts!
Just as God brought the animals to Noah by the appropriate time (Genesis 6:20), He’s providing the resources for this dynamic experience. A special “thank you” goes out to all of you who have faithfully prayed and given time and resources to the Ark Encounter!
We are thrilled to announce that we have just crossed the $3 million mark on funds for the Ark! With this announcement, we are also delighted to introduce an updated website, which features an interactive map of the project phases—including eight planned major attractions.
Help us build a full-scale Noah’s Ark, which is Answers in Genesis’ part in the Ark Encounter project. The finished Ark will be a great testimony to the historicity of the Bible and will proclaim the gospel. Visit ArkEncounter.com.
Good luck and God bless!
I do not understand people like the ones in this organization. Look and the massive amounts of resources and money being pumped into this. All in order to bring people who for the vast majority will already be followers of Christ, to a Bible themed park. We see on the news everyday people inside and outside of our country who are suffering through life without even the most basic of needs met. And even though throughout Jesus teaching while on this earth was too help those in need. (feed the hungry, cloth the naked, visit sick and i prison.) They are children and babies dying from war a famine in Somalia right now. The homeless and destitute in our own towns and cites. Each one of these people would love to see the love of Christ as he showed it and to be introduced to the the Savior of the world. But maybe Jesus will feel that the hundreds of millions you are spending on this Noah's Ark theme park is being put to far better use, Rather than helping those he instructed to throughout scripture. The only thing I would say is….hope you are correct.
Thanks Travis for your concern. Please consider reading our previous blog post about why we are building the Ark Encounter. The ministry of Answers in Genesis can’t think of a more effective way today to share the gospel with so many millions of people than an Ark. The Ark of Noah is a picture of salvation, which allows us to also share with future visitors that Christ is our modern-day Ark of salvation. People who might never visit a church to hear the gospel will get that message at the Ark Encounter. http://arkencounter.com/blog/2011/04/29/our-great…
Travis, I just found your comment today.
With so much information available on the internet type in Christian charity organizations and you'll there are a many organizations that do exactly what you mention in your comment. Check them out.
Besides, why can't Christains be entertained like secular people are? After all Christians do like to have fun with life. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this endeavor to bring Noah's Ark to life so people can see the Holy Bible in action.