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From left, world church general vice presidents Gerry Karst, Ted N.C. Wilson, and Mike Ryan stand in front of Phoenix Gold Mine, one of the geologic locations participants visited during the Geoscience Research Institute Field Conference. [Photo: courtesy of Jim Gibson/GRI/ANN]
United States: Church Leaders Talk Faith & Science ... Nearly 40 Seventh-day Adventist church administrators and scholars recently met in Denver, Colorado to tackle the often tense relationship between science and religion. Hosted by the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI) and led by Ben Clausen, GRI senior research scientist, the conference was meant to inspire the discussion and discovery of scientific evidence supporting the Biblical account of creation. Participants attended a series of lectures and visited various sites of scientific interest, such as fossil quarries. Larry R. Evans, Seventh-day Adventist world church undersecretary and conference attendee, reports that much common ground was found where intellectual rivalry once ruled.
"Scientists are trained to look for answers by asking penetrating questions. Clergy are trained to build faith even when the unknown would suggest otherwise. While there were times when the two disciplines seemed to collide, there were more times when [they] complimented each other," he said. Evans concluded that "Questions must continue to be asked and we must not see the asking of questions as heresy." However, he maintained, "Faith in God and His revelation must also be reverenced, for He is the author of the record written in stone." GRI director Jim Gibson wrapped up the conference with a call to better reconcile the geologic record with the Biblical record, but to realize that faith in God must remain paramount, despite some unanswered questions. [GRI/ANN Staff]
Britain: Adventist Community Mourns Teenager's Murder ... In what is deemed an indiscriminate act of gang violence, 15-year-old Jessie James, son of Seventh-day Adventist church members in Manchester, England was shot in Manchester's Moss Side district on September 17 and died at the scene. Area police report that Moss Side is notorious for its gang culture, but community members say such extreme acts of violence are rare, and that James was "in the wrong place at the wrong time." Michael Simpson, pastor of the Manchester Central Seventh-day Adventist church, is providing bereavement counseling for James' family and Manchester Academy classmates and relates that "with tremendous support from the church and from the community, [the family is] coping well." President for the North England region of the church, Pastor Egerton Francis, visited the family, commenting that while James was not an official member, he was active in many church events and spoken highly of. [BUC/ANN Staff]
United States: Adventist Universities Recipient of Research Grant ... Professors and students alike at Seventh-day Adventist-owned Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Walla Walla College, in College Place, Washington, are charting new biological and mathematical territory in their study of glaucous-winged seagulls in Washington state's Puget Sound area. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently awarded the two universities a $300,000 research grant to predict the birds' behavior via mathematical models. Information gained from the study is also expected to help prevent human-animal conflict, and, as a byproduct, work toward preventing the spread of avian bird flu, since the gulls are potential carriers. Heading the research are James Hayward, Andrews biology professor, Shandelle Henson, Andrews mathematics professor, and Walla Walla biologist Joe Galusha. Galusha has studied seagulls for more than 25 years. The three-year grant was disbursed on September 15. [Beverly Stout/Kristi Spurgeon/ANN Staff]
United States: Children's Book Puts New Spin on Dinosaurs ... A new children's book, Dinosaurs: Where Did They Come From, and Where Did They Go? offers a new perspective on what has long been a favorite subject of children. But instead of billions of years, expect to find a confident Biblical perspective between these covers and equally solid scientific evidence, along with colorful illustrations and handy charts. By offering an alternative to evolutionary accounts of dinosaurs, author Elaine G. Kennedy, a Seventh-day Adventist research scientist in California, hopes her book will give children and their parents something new to consider. Jim Gibson, director for the Geoscience Research Institute in Loma Linda, California, says "There is a real need to provide Christian children with information on dinosaurs presented from a creationist perspective. Dr. Kennedy's book offers an authoritative, Bible-based perspective on a topic so many children love." Jerry D. Thomas, communication director for the Southwest region of the Adventist church in the United States, adds, "[Kennedy's] book ... helps you face the facts head on and try to figure out where dinosaurs once fit into God's creation." Copies of Dinosaurs can be purchased at Adventist Book Centers, or online at www.AdventistBookCenter.com. [Nicole Batten/ANN Staff]
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