Creation Science Resources
Church Denominations and Old-Earth Belief
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If the review column beside a denomination is blank, then we have not reviewed this denomination yet. If a review is available, click on “OEM Review” in the right column to view it. To visit the denomination’s website, click on the denomination’s name.
For ease in downloading, the denominations are divided by alphabet.
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The Holy Eastern Orthodox Catholic and
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The National Association of Congregational
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Independent, Fundamental Baptist Churches
These churches are the most closed to the old-earth believer. Most, if not all, have statements of faith that the member must believe in, including a literal, six 24-hour day creation. These churches are the main base of support for young-earth creation science ministries…old earth believers should avoid these churches. The members of these churches should be commended for staunchly defending the faith as they see it. They are very steadfast and unwavering in their belief, something we all should try to achieve.
Reviewed Nov 2003
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Kingsway Fellowship
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Their Beliefs say nothing about the creation. However, their Resources page contained an adult catechism, in the form of a lesson, which did mention the creation. It says that man was created by an act of God, and not by evolution. This particular lesson is set up as creation vs. evolution. They do mention that “most evolutionists do not attribute the origin of life to God.” By saying “most” they admit that at least “some” evolutionists attribute the origin to God. The most promising portion of the lesson states “…to discover what God created on each day (does not mean a 24 hour day as we think of days) of creation.” They are open about the length of the creation days. Based on this openness, there appears to be no reason that an old earth creationist cannot be a member of this denomination.
Reviewed Dec 2003
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Nazarene - The Church of the Nazarene
Churches Their "Articles of Faith" as listed in their Manual on page 28 states concerning the Holy Scriptures, "We believe in the plenary inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, by which we understand the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, given by divine inspiration, inerrantly revealing the will of God concerning us in all things necessary to our salvation, so that whatever is not contained therein is not to be enjoined as an article of faith. Concerning the issue of creation, page 378 states, "The Church of the Nazarene believes in the biblical account of creation ("In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . ."-Genesis 1:1). We oppose any godless interpretation of the origin of the universe and of humankind (Hebrews 11:3). These statements do not rule out the possibility of belief in an old earth. Many old earth creationists can agree with both of these statements. For example, Old Earth Ministries agrees completely with both of these statements, yet we believe in an old earth. One Nazarene pastor has confirmed to me that there are both old and young earth creationists in his congregation, and most times the issue is not discussed. |
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New Apostolic Church |
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Non-denominational Churches |
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