About Logos Instituut
Logos Instituut is a Dutch institute for creationism in the Netherlands and Belgium. Over the last decade theistic evolution and other unbiblical ideas have invaded Dutch churches. We equip Christians through our website, videos, podcasts, books, lectures, field trips and magazine.
International collaborations
Logos Instituut has collaborations with Answers in Genesis, Creation Ministries International, International Creation Research, Wort und Wissen (German) and others.
Some of our livestreams have been in the English language. We hosted dr. Todd Wood, dr. Jason Lisle, dr. Matthew McClain, dr. Nathaniel Jeanson, dr. Cornelis van Dam, Paul Garner and dr. James Tour. If you want to give a lecture through a livestream, feel free to contact us at info@logos.nl.
Together with Paul Garner (Biblical Creation Trust in the United Kingdom) we translated and published Paul’s latest book ‘Fossils and the Flood’ in the Netherlands. Already more than 1000 copies have been sold. In our webshop (www.webshop.logos.nl) we sell many creationistic books that have been translated from English or German.
Please contact us through info@logos.nl if you want to attribute in any way to make creationism more visible in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Education
Logos Instituut is where teachers and students can find supplements to existing teaching materials. What does the Bible say about this topic? How did it really happen? Logos Instituut helps you find the answers.
Family
Logos Institute helps give your children a good foundation. How do I read the Bible? How do others view the Bible? Why is the Bible reliable?
Research
Logos Institute provides a meeting place for student and scholar. Science & Bible, how do you integrate the two? How do other scientists deal with the same questions?
What we believe
- We stand in the tradition of the Apostles’ Creed.
- We adhere to the tradition that Genesis can be read as a reliable history of our origins. This provides a reliable framework for scientific research.
- Facts are always subject to interpretation by fallible people who do not have all the information. Therefore, no interpretation of facts in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record.
- God reveals to us from His Word:
- That the creation of the universe was completed in six days, not more than a few thousand years ago.
- That Adam and Eve are our first ancestors from whom all human beings evolved.
- That because of the Fall, creation went into a fallen state, a state of corruption.
- That there was a global flood that destroyed the entire world of the time.
- Because our knowing is still only partial, because there is always advancing insight, God’s revelation is progressing within the Bible, and because our minds are tainted by the Fall, we will always have to have an attitude of dependence on God and one another, of humility and respect toward our fellow man. It is with all the saints together that we can grasp something of God (Eph. 3:8 and 1 Cor. 13:9 and 12).
- We accept that there are different models for the earliest history of the earth among Christians who accept the above. We, as Logos Instituut, do not want to make a final judgment on these distinct models, but to encourage dialogue and research.
Staff
We currently have 1,5 FTE of paid staff and would like to briefly introduce them.
Jan Willem Slager
Parttime director
Jan Willem Slager from Goes studied civil engineering and later theology in Utrecht. Since October 2023, Jan Willem has been combining his current part-time work as an Old
Testament/Bible teacher with the new position as director at the Logos Institute. Years of experience at Rijkswaterstaat in management and communication come in handy in his new position.
“My passion is, in dependence on Jesus Christ, to make God’s Word ring clear. Bringing people closer to Jesus, who is the Head of the church, His Body.”
Erika de Stigter
Parttime employee
Jan van de Beek
Parttime speaker
Jan van de Beek worked as a missionary with street children in Brazil, then worked in education and has been self-employed for the last few years. He has studied theology and is almost finished studying Apologetics at ICR.
“We cannot prove the existence of God but there are tremendously good arguments to believe in Him, I love passing on this knowledge. Psalm 111:2 says: “The works of the Lord are great; they are examined by all who find joy in them”‘”
Albert Holtvluwer
Parttime employee
Albert Holtvluwer from Baarn studied HBO Leisure Management and has worked at pro-life organization Schreeuw om Leven for the past 5 years. Since October 2021 he has been working part-time at Logos Instituut in the field of office and event management.
“My motivation for getting involved with the Logos Instituut is in the Word ‘logos’. You read it correctly. Word with a capital letter, as in John 1. Getting to know and follow Jesus is what I wish for everyone!”
History
Logos Institute was founded in 2015. Some Christians active in the fields of faith & science had the desire to join forces and establish a apologetics center together for Dutch-speakers. Thus Logos Institute was founded, as a broad-apologetic center, with a focus on Genesis 1-11.
Logos began with one full-time staff member, Jan van Meerten. In 2016, the current office in De Bilt was inaugurated. Two new staff members were hired in 2019 and will be part-time employees beginning in 2020. In August 2021, Jan van Meerten retired by mutual agreement. Kees van Helden served as director from August 2021 to July 2023. In october 2023 Jan Willem Slager became the new director.
