Vision Forum
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Jonathan Park
Jonathan Park is a radio drama series created by Pat and Sandy Roy at the Institute for Creation Research in the late 1990s that was later produced by Vision Forum Ministries. The storyline revolves around the lives and families of fictional characters Dr. Kendall Park and Jim Brenan as they build a creation museum.
After Vision Forum folded, ownership of the Jonathan Park series was transferred to CreationWorks, a ministry founded by series creators Pat and Sandy Roy, with one album released under that banner in 2014 before the series was acquired by Wise King Media in 2016.
Albums
- Volume 1: Jonathan Park: The Adventure Begins ISBN 1-929241-85-2
- Volume 2: Jonathan Park: No Looking Back ISBN 1-929241-87-9
- Volume 3: Jonathan Park: The Winds of Change ISBN 0-9755263-6-7
- Volume 4: Jonathan Park: The Hunt for Beowulf ISBN 0-9787559-1-X
- Volume 5: Jonathan Park: The Explorer's Society ISBN 0-9787559-6-0
- Volume 6: Jonathan Park: The Journey Never Taken ISBN 1-933431-84-9
- Volume 7: Jonathan Park: The Voyage Beyond ISBN 1-933431-86-5
- Volume 8: Jonathan Park: The Copper Scroll ISBN 1-937460-15-0
- Volume 9: Jonathan Park: The Whispering Sphinx ISBN 1-937460-62-2
- Volume 10: Jonathan Park: The Journey Home ISBN 9-781941510-28-5
- Jonathan Park Goes to the Zoo ISBN 1-934554-28-6
- Jonathan Park Goes to the Aquarium ISBN 1-934554-29-4
- Jonathan Park Goes to the Galapagos ISBN 978-1-933431-74-1
- Jonathan Park Goes to the Amazon ISBN 0-982945-26-4
Criticism
Vision Forum was criticized for holding views that were demeaning of women and viewed them as property. Don and Joy Veinot of Midwest Christian Outreach interpreted Vision Forum's statement on "The Tenets of Biblical Patriarchy" to imply that "women really cannot be trusted as decision makers" and "unless a daughter marries, she functionally remains pretty much the property of the father until he dies."
Similar criticisms were voiced when a lawsuit was filed against Doug Phillips and Vision Forum by a woman who had worked as the Phillips family's nanny. Her suit alleged that Phillips had sexually abused her for years. Phillips acknowledged an "inappropriate relationship" but denied all charges of sexual abuse, calling them "sensationalist and suggesting that they are motivated by a desire for financial gain."