The Christian Research Institute (CRI) is an evangelical Christian apologetics ministry.[1][2] It was established in October 1960 in the state of New Jersey by Walter Martin (1928–1989).[3] In 1974, Martin relocated the ministry to San Juan Capistrano, California.[4] The ministry's office was relocated in the 1990s near Rancho Santa Margarita. In 2005, the organization moved to its present location in Charlotte, North Carolina.[citation needed]
- ^ Walter Martin, "Christian Research Institute," The Christian Librarian, Volume 14, number 1 October 1970, pp. 15-18.
- ^ Christian Research Institute
- ^ Douglas E. Cowan, Bearing False Witness? An Introduction to the Christian Countercult, Westport: Praeger, 2003, p. 102.
- ^ "Christian Research Institute" in Peter D. Dresser ed. Research Centers Directory, 12th ed, Volume 2 Detroit: Gale Research, 1988, p. 1193.