Steve Green, chairman of the board, is one of the Hobby Lobby Greens. They give about 50% of all profits to charity, and before the museum, it was mostly to evangelistic charities. They are also quite up-front about their faith. From what I have heard on radio programs, they initially intended this to be very up-front, including a way to pledge your life to Jesus at the end of the tour, but decided that it was wiser to have a museum that was more about introducing people to the Bible in a way that would be seen as more objective by people who are not from a Christian background.Joy wrote:A patient at a nursing home this morning asked me if I knew there was a museum of the Bible. I'd heard of it, and that's all. But she said she'd heard that Jesus' Name isn't found that much in it. Anybody heard the same?
Their goal definitely seems to be promoting the Bible and getting people interested in the Bible. But it's also not a hard-sell approach. And they seem to be taking a scholarly approach.
I haven't been there, I have no valid opinion of my own. I talked to one scholar who was very impressed with it and thought that it promotes Christianity effectively. I hope to go see it sometime.