Kent Hovind became a Christian at age sixteen and immediately desired to serve Christ with his life His keen interest in math and science throughout his high school career prompted his enrollment at Illinois Central College as a science major After two years of undergraduate work there and feeling God calling him to fulltime Christian service he completed his bachelor of religious education degree at Midwestern Baptist College of Pontiac Michigan in 1974 For fifteen years Hovind taught high school math and science during which time he completed his masters degree in education While researching and writing his doctoral dissertation on the subject of creation vs evolution he saw the tremendous need for exposing evolution as a dangerous religious worldview and for arming Christians with scientific evidence that there are no contradictions between true science and the Bible In response to these needs shortly after finishing his PhD in religious education he began a fulltime ministry of presenting the foundational truth of creation and the utter fallacy of evolution with a mission of strengthening the faith of believers and winning the lost to Christ His awardwinning sevenpart Creation Seminar continues to travel around the globe with translations in thirtytwo languages
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