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ONLINE: The COVID-19 Vaccines: A Conversation with Francis Collins and Russell Moore

Featured Speaker: Francis Collins 
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Starts: Dec 03, 2020 — 10:30AM EST

Ends: Dec 03, 2020 — 11:30AM EST

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Organized by Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention

BioLogos Founder Francis Collins will participate in the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention’s webinar “The Covid-19 Vaccines: A Conversation with Dr. Francis Collins and Russell Moore” on December 3, 2020.

“The race for a COVID-19 vaccine has dominated recent headlines. Today, we are likely only weeks away from multiple vaccines being released to the public.

This raises a number of important questions like: How do we know these vaccines are safe? What will church life be like in 2021? Will we ever get back to “normal”?

On Thursday, join us for an important conversation about the COVID-19 vaccines with Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health.

During this free online event, we’ll discuss:

The incredible story of how the COVID-19 vaccines were developed
The scientific process behind the creation of the vaccines
Responding to those who say this is all a hoax
Discussing the truth about these vaccines
Why Christians should have confidence in the vaccines”

This event is hosted by Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Francis Collins

Featured Speaker

Francis Collins

Francis Collins is one of the world's leading scientists and geneticists, and the founder of BioLogos, where he is now a Senior Fellow. In his early scientific career, he discovered the gene for cystic fibrosis. Then he led an international collaboration that first mapped the entire human genome. For that work he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science. In 2008 he was appointed to his current role as Director of the National Institutes of Health, where he has been overseeing the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2006, Collins wrote the best-selling book The Language of God. It tells the story of his journey from atheism to Christian belief, showing that science actually enhances faith. The tremendous response to the book prompted Collins to found BioLogos. He envisioned it as a forum to discuss issues at the intersection of faith and science and to celebrate the harmony found there. His reputation quickly attracted a large network of faith leaders, including Tim Keller, Philip Yancey, and NT Wright. These and others joined the BioLogos conversation and affirmed the value of engaging science as believers. BioLogos is now an organization that reaches millions around the world. In celebration of his world-class scientific accomplishments and deep Christian faith, Collins was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2020. It honors individuals who are "harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s place and purpose within it.” He joined a prestigious group of previous winners, including Mother Teresa, Francis Ayala, Charles Townes, Desmond Tutu, and Billy Graham.