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Answering the New Atheists – at a Church near you

by Editor on February 27, 2010

in News

The Faraday Institute have announced a UK tour based on their influential new resources to help Christians answer the New Atheists, Test of Faith.

“The New Atheists – Dawkins et al – are throwing up questions many church leaders don’t feel equipped to answer – particularly questions of science and faith,” said Ruth Bancewicz, Director of the Test of FAITH project. “We are putting on a nationwide tour that will resource, encourage and help pastors, youth workers and leaders of all kinds to answer the questions they face.

“We are aiming this tour at the church leaders of today and tomorrow – including youth leaders and small group leaders, as well as those involved in evangelism and outreach,” she continued. “The question of whether science and faith are incompatible is not going to go away, and the Church needs to be ready to give an answer. This tour will enable that to happen.”

The tour dates are:

  • Aberdeen School of Christian Studies (1st March);
  • Holy Trinity, St Andrews (2nd March);
  • LST, Northwood (9th March);
  • Trinity College, Bristol (10th March);
  • St Johns Nottingham (11th March);
  • Cliff College Sheffield (21st April);
  • ICC, Glasgow (27th April)
  • LICC, London (19th May)

Further details are available from the Test of Faith tour website

Further details can be found on www.testoffaith.com

‘The New Atheists – Dawkins et al – are throwing up questions many church leaders don’t feel equipped to answer – particularly questions of science and faith’ said Ruth Bancewicz, Director of the Test of FAITH project. ‘We are putting on a nationwide tour that will resource, encourage and help pastors, youth workers and leaders of all kinds to answer the questions they face.’

‘We are aiming this tour at the church leaders of today and tomorrow – including youth leaders and small group leaders, as well as those involved in evangelism and outreach. The question of whether science and faith are incompatible is not going to go away, and the Church needs to be ready to give an answer. This tour will enable that to happen.’

The tour will now visit the Aberdeen School of Christian Studies (1st March); Holy Trinity, St Andrews (2nd March); LST, Northwood (9th March); Trinity College, Bristol (10th March); St Johns Nottingham (11th March); Cliff College Sheffield (21st April); ICC, Glasgow (27th April) and finally LICC, London (19th May).

Further details can be found on www.testoffaith.com

Tagged as: Creation, Darwin, Debates, Evolution

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Free Copy of Creation movie to give away!

by Ian on January 29, 2010

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Paul Bettany as Darwin

Paul Bettany as Darwin

In a first for a UK ministry, The Damaris Trust have announced that resources they produced for the movie Creation have been included on the DVD release of the film.

To celebrate this Everything Christian is delighted to offer a free give-away copy of the movie (with the Damaris Trust extras) to one fan of the Everything Christian facebook page who messages EC at contact@everythingchristian.co.uk with their name and address*. You can become a fan on Facebook here.

Three leading academics with contrasting views discuss issues raised in the film. Other features include seven short clips, ‘Digging Deeper into Darwin’, by author Nick Spencer.

“This is the first time our resources have been endorsed and made available on a secular DVD release,” said Nick Pollard, founder of Creation DVDChristian educational charity the Damaris Trust. “We published them online when Creation went on general release. We are delighted that Icon, the film’s distributors, saw value in schools and church groups discussing issues raised in this excellent film – the existence of a creator God, evolution, humanity, suffering and faith.”

The three scientists featured are Dr Denis Alexander, a theistic evolutionist and director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St Edmund’s College, Cambridge; Prof. Andy McIntosh, professor of thermodynamics and combustion theory at the University of Leeds, a young earth creationist speaking in a personal capacity; Prof. Lewis Wolpert, a developmental biologist at University College, London. He represents the views of atheists/humanists.

Creation dramatises Charles Darwin’s attempts to reconcile his theory about the origin of species with love for his devout Christian wife – and the impact of his 10-year-old daughter’s death on belief in a benign deity.

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Tagged as: Culture, Darwin, DVD

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