Ken Ham Net Worth $54 Million

What is Ken Ham’s net worth?

Ken Ham is an Australian young-Earth creationist and Christian fundamentalist who has a net worth of $54 million. He is the President of the Creation Museum and the Answers in Genesis.

In his teaching, Ham emphasizes the authority and relevance of the book of Genesis to the life of the average Christian.

His exceptional PowerPoint illustrations, captivating stories, keen sense of humor, and Australian accent, have made him one of North America’s most effective Christian communicators.

He was born on October 20, 1951, in Australia.

Ham said about his childhood:

”I was brought up in a Christian home in Australia with a father who was very bold about his faith.”

He earned a diploma in education from the University of Queensland in Brisbane and a bachelor’s degree in applied science from the Queensland Institute of Technology.

After college, he worked as a science teacher in Queensland, Australia, public high schools.

During an interview, he confessed:

”In the 1970s I became a public school science teacher in Australia.”

Ham went on to say:

”With my background, I didn’t accept evolutionary beliefs, as they clearly contradicted the Bible.”

In 1987, Ken moved to the US. He said:

”Our family moved to the United States in 1987 after I had already had many speaking engagements there.”

Answers in Genesis

In 1994, Ham founded Answers in Genesis, a Christian group with:

“the purpose of upholding the authority of the Bible from the very first verse.”

AiG advocates Young Earth creationism on the basis of its historical-grammatical interpretation of the Book of Genesis.

Answers in Genesis’ United States headquarters are in northern Kentucky, at the site of its 60,000-square-foot facility.

In June 2006, AiG launched the Answers magazine in the UK and the US.

In 2009, AiG posted a billboard with a boy aiming a gun towards the camera with the words:

“If God doesn’t matter to him, do you?”

Creation Museum

Ham is the man behind the Creation Museum in Kentucky, which was built in 2007. Permanent employees of the ”Creation Museum” must sign a statement of faith affirming their belief in Answers in Genesis’ principles.

The 75,000-square-foot museum cost $27 million, which was raised through private donations. An estimated 200 protestors and 4,000 patrons visited the Creation Museum on opening day.

Ark Encounter

In 2016, AiG opened the Ark Encounter, a $102 million replica of Noah’s Ark as described in the Bible.

Ham said that his interest in the ”Flood and the Ark” was intensified when he read The Genesis Flood by Dr. John Whitcomb and Dr. Henry Morris.

According to the park’s publicists, there were 30,000 visitors in its first 6 days of operation.

At the opening, Ken declared:

“I believe this is going to be one of the greatest Christian outreaches of this era in history.”

Ham continued:

”People are going to come from all over the world.”

At the end of Ark Encounter’s second year, Answers in Genesis reported an attendance of more than 1 million visitors for the year.

The Ark is 51 feet (16 meters) high, 85 feet (26 meters) wide, and 510 feet (155 meters) long. It contains 3.1 million board feet of timber. It is held 15 feet (4.6 meters) off the ground by a series of concrete towers. Also, it contains 132 bays, each standing about 18 feet (5.5 meters) high, arranged into 3 decks.

Bill Nye

In 2017, Ken said that Bill Nye intentionally “brainwashes and indoctrinates” young people.

Note – Bill Nye is an American mechanical engineer, television presenter, and science communicator who is best known as the host of the ”Bill Nye Saves the World” show.

In February 2014, Ken and Bill Nye debated on the topic of whether young-Earth creationism is a viable model of origins in the contemporary scientific era.

Ken said that publicity generated by the debate helped stimulate the construction of the Ark Encounter theme park. The debate has been viewed by more than 21 million people live and through recordings.

Bill said the debate was:

“an opportunity to expose the well-intending Ken Ham and the support he receives from his followers as being bad for science education.”

Books

Ham is the author of many books, including:

• Already Compromised;
• One Race, One Blood and How Could a Loving God …?;
• A Is for Adam: The Gospel from Genesis;
• D Is for Dinosaur: A Rhyme Book and More;
• Dinosaurs of Eden;
• The Lie: Evolution;
• Already Gone.

Wife

Ken Ham is married to Marilyn Ham. She has been a rock-solid support for Ken throughout his journey in establishing AiG and the Creation Museum. 

Children

The couple has 5 children.

In addition, they have 18 grandchildren.

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Quotes

“You cannot have a political solution for a spiritual problem.”

”I look like Abraham Lincoln, and I talk with an Australian accent.”

“Every single Biblical doctrine of theology, directly or indirectly, ultimately has its basis in the book of Genesis.”

“I mean, what’s the atheists’ message? There is no God? When you die, that’s the end of you? So everything’s just meaningless and hopelessness?”

”Genesis has the answer to many of the problems facing the compromising church and questioning world today.”

”Life’s so much easier when you have all the answers, isn’t it?”

“Evolution is a religion; it is not science!” 

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Trivia

In April 2017, Ozzy Osbourne and his son, Jack, visited the Ark Encounter to film an episode of their reality TV series.

Ham has been awarded:

• Doctor of Literature from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia;
• Doctor of Divinity from Temple Baptist College in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 2017, he sold the land that the theme park sits on to his own non-profit entity for $10. 

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Net Worth & Annual Salary

So, how much is Ken Ham worth? Ham earned most of his wealth from being the president and CEO of AiG, a Christian apologetics ministry. Also, he is the founder of the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. Therefore, Australian Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham has an estimated net worth of $54 million.

Keep in mind that he owns the land that the theme park sits on – valued at approximately $48 million.

Also, Ken has a daily radio segment, “Answers … with Ken Ham,” that is transmitted on over 900 radio stations in the US.

He’s the author of several books, including – D is for Dinosaur, A is for Adam, The Genesis Solution, The Lie: Evolution, and Creation to Babel.

Ham’s books have over 6.5k ratings on Amazon — this means an estimated 325,000 to 650,000 sold copies.

Ken Ham’s annual salary sits around $190k.

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References

https://answersingenesis.org/ken-ham-man-everyone-loves-hate/
https://www.gospelherald.com/ken-ham-slams-bill-nyes-dangerous-netflix