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News Releases
This page is no longer updated, but is available as an archive of past events.
15 February 2005
Added "Discipleship Tools" to the website
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3 February 2005
January was a busy month. The Old Earth Ministries website received many enhancements, including new creation science articles, new links, and a new logo. January also set a record for visitors and page views, with over 7,200 visitors and 19,500 page views.
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1 December 2004
Once again we have seen a record number of visitors for one month. During November 2004, for the first time we had over 5,000 visitors (5,424). This breaks the old mark set just one month prior by 437 visitors.
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1 November 2004
The month of October 2004 saw a record number of visitors to the Old Earth Ministries website. We had 4,987 visitors, breaking the old mark by almost 300 visitors.
------------------ 16 September 2004
Added a Frequently Asked Questions page, accessible from the About Old Earth Ministries page.
------------------ 10 September 2004
The 9th of September set a record for OEM. For the first time, we had more than 200 visitors in one day.
------------------ 7 July 2004
Added the book review on Refuting Compromise, a very inflammatory book from Answers in Genesis.
------------------- 17 May 2004
Old Earth Ministries is back at 100 percent after some problems with the web server. We also revamped the home page, adding the Science News section, and a new web page dedicated to science news. Also added was the Featured Old Earth Book. On the Dinosaur page, we have added a Dinosaur News area. On this date we also went over the 40,000 visitor mark.
------------------- 20 April 2004
Old Earth Ministries went through a facelift. A complete redesign of the website was completed. We hope you like the new look...let us know what you think.
-------------------- 1 Feb 2004
January 2004 saw new records once again for OEM. There were over 4,000 visitors for the first time (4,226), and 15,751 page views. OEM uses two counter services...one is visible, one is not. This ensures that we get the best possible accounting for the number of visitors to the website. For a more detailed monthly history, see the About OEM page. Edited the article Evolution and Young Earth creationists, in the Originals section. Adds a rebuttal to a young-earth response to this topic. Added The Truth about Ice Cores to the Rebuttals Section
-------------------- 30 Jan 2004
Added The Truth about Oceans and Salt in the Rebuttals section. This article sets the record straight about young earth claims that the ocean cannot be billions of years old.
-------------------- 7 Jan 2004
During late January 2004 through late May 2004, I will be away from my normal business location. No updates will be made to the website during this time. I will attempt to monitor email during this period, but may not be able to, so if you email me, it could be several months before I respond.
-------------------- 1 Nov 2003
Old Earth Ministries ended October with a record number of visitors and page views. There were 3,590 visitors from 57 different countries, and they viewed 10,232 pages. The previous mark was set in September. October had 1,140 more visitors, and 4,523 more page views than September.
-------------------- 23 Oct 2003
OEM has set another mark for monthly visitors. On 23 October, we beat the previous mark set in September (2,450 unique visitors). Page view records fell earlier in the month, on 19 October. Through 22 Oct, we are over 7,100 pageviews (old monthly record was 5,709). During the month of October, we have seen new visitors from Brazil, Hungary, Israel, Sweden, Russian Federation, Norway, Denmark, India, Bolivia, Malaysia, Thailand, Fiji, Finland, Venezuela, Bahamas, Aruba, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Portugal, Taiwan, Switzerland, Austria, and Kuwait. This brings the total number of countries that we have had visitors from to 51. This information is available now thanks to our new web tracking counter, Webstats.com. New article was posted yesterday on Church Denominations. We are examining the various denomination’s websites, and posting their creation beliefs on this page.
-------------------- 1 Oct 2003
OEM set a record for the number of visitors in one month during September, with 2,450 unique visitors. Thanks be to God for all our visitors. Also, thanks for all the positive emails from supportive old-earth creationists, and also for those who have volunteered to help out with this website. Look for more exciting articles by various authors in the coming months.
-------------------- 29 September 2003
OEM is experimenting with a new counter service, so you may see two different counters at the bottom of each page. Also, we have gone to a new poll service, so the polls from the previous one have been discarded. The results from the first one was:
20 (25%) Old Earth, Progressive (Non-Evolution) 13 (16%) Old Earth, Theistic Evolution 6 (7%) Old Earth, Undecided 33 (41%) Young Earth 5 (6%) Undecided 4 (5%) Athiest
The new poll adds the option for Old Earth, Gap Theory, and gives you the ability to view results without voting -------------------- 23 September 2003
Added Creation Day Five, and Creation Day Six to the Homeschool Lessons Page
-------------------- 21 September 2003
A review of visitor statistics shows many visitors (about 15 percent) from outside the United States. Thanks to all of our overseas visitors. The review showed visitors from Australia, Belarus, Britain, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay.
-------------------- 21 September 2003
Broke the record for the number of unique visitors in a month…and there’s still 10 days left!. The old record was 1,524, set last April. The record for page views was set in August, at 4,071. That record should fall in three more days. Also, on 19 September, the “What Kind of Creationist Are You?” poll was added to the homepage. Added article “Creation Science Evangelism and Dinosaurs” to the Rebuttals and Dinosaur sections. -------------------- 13 September 2003
Accomplished a major website revision. Visitors now have the capability to translate the website into eight foreign languages. Began foreign advertising.
-------------------- 8 September 2003
Added response to an article by Ken Ham in the Rebuttal section
-------------------- 30 August 2003
Added Homeschool Lesson for Creation, Day Four
-------------------- 27 August 2003
Added Homeschool Lessons for Creation, Days Two and Three
-------------------- 10 August 2003
Added Homeschool Lesson Section with the first lesson, Creation, Day One
-------------------- 1 August 2003
Added link for Christianity and Evolution website.
-------------------- 20 June 2003
Added the Biblical Interpretation section with accompanying articles, Genesis Chapters One and Two.
-------------------- 12 June 2003
Added the article “T-Rex Blood Cells” to the Rebuttal and Dinosaur sections
-------------------- 11 June 2003
Added the Book Review of “The Answer Book” by Ken Ham & Friends
-------------------- 29 May 2003
Added the article “Noah’s Flood” in the Originals section.
-------------------- 24 May 2003
Added the article “Creation Scientists???” in the Originals section.
-------------------- 7 May, 2003
Added the Old Earth Books section. Added the Featured Article of the Week link on the main page.
-------------------- May 1, 2003
Ended first full month of advertised operation with 1,524 visitors. Those visitors viewed 3,320 pages. This more than doubles the previous month’s total of visitors (702).
-------------------- April 29, 2003
T-Shirts are now available (see link at left). Added Chapter 8 of the Grand Canyon book review. Added “Creationist Stratigraphy” article in the Rebuttals section.
-------------------- April 24, 2003
Added links to three contributed articles by Jim Schicatano (in the Originals section). Added the article section titled Theistic Evolution, with one article.
-------------------- April 21, 2003
Added several new links to the links page.
-------------------- April 11, 2003
Added Church Fathers article on Original Article page
-------------------- April 10, 2003
Added Resources Link in left frame. Contains Microsoft Word documents for advertising the site.
-------------------- April 9, 2003
Added Chapters 7, 9, 10, and 11 of the book review of Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe
-------------------- April 7, 2003
Added Chapter 5 of the book review of Grand Canyon: Monument to Catastrophe
-------------------- April 4, 2003
Articles in Original and Deceit sections updated.
-------------------- April 2, 2003
Removed one article due to an error. Updated 10 articles in the Rebuttal section
-------------------- April 1, 2003
Added Rebuttal on Missing Rivers of the Grand Canyon, and Original article on Ice Ages. Closed out the month of March with 701 visitors.
-------------------- March 29, 2003
Reformatted Article section to include a section on dinosaurs. Chapter 4 of the Grand Canyon book review added. Two new articles in the Rebuttals section, on dinosaur extinction, and fossil footprints.
-------------------- March 18, 2003
Review of young earth Grand Canyon book revealed the use of circular reasoning. They used one ancient, desert-created sandstone layer, to disprove that another sandstone layer was of desert origin. The problem is, either sandstone during the middle of Noah’s Flood could not have occurred in a young-earth model. In essence, they proved the old age of the earth by admitting the other sandstone was desert in origin. Read here.
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