Youth Ministry Resource Center

A five-year project headed by the Barna Group explores the opportunities and challenges of faith development among teens and young adults within a rapidly shifting culture.

If faith is seen by youth as only for immature people, and we cannot show how a commitment to a personal God is not opposed to scientific findings and theories, then we’re in trouble.

A parent learns that his high-schooler is being taught that evolution is false by his youth pastor, and dialogues with the pastor about evolutionary creationism.

From BioLogos and InterVarsity Press, here are the stories of 25 people who have come to embrace evolution and faith, including Francis Collins, Scot McKnight, John Ortberg, James K.A. Smith, Jennifer Wiseman, and N.T. Wright.

Pastors have both a responsibility and privilege to guide their “flocks” through the science and faith discussion. Pastor Mario Russo shares four simple ways to do so.

If we don’t interrogate our faith, we run the risk of living a divided life and never fully embodying God’s deepest desire for creation.

What if conversations with our students were framed with the idea that faith and science are different angles of the same unfolding reality?

Origins lays out the various Christian perspectives on origins in a clear and approachable way. It has been used by many Christian high schools and colleges, helping students understand the range of views on issues of creation, intelligent design, and evolution. The accompanying video series can be used independently.

This seven part video series encourages students to think about the relationship between their faith in the God of the Bible and the process of evolution.

A catalyst for gracious, productive conversation about faith and science between people of all beliefs.

A 3-8 week session, high school curriculum for use with the Test of Faith DVD.

Free 4 session video curriculum by Science for Youth Ministry aimed at bolstering the science and faith in high school students.

A network of scientists at Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts. They are dedicated to helping people integrate science and the Christian Faith and seek to do so through their website, church courses, and monthly book club discussions.

Four unit study. Rather than taking one position on the creation/evolution debate, this resource helps students discover that there are multiple valid Christian views.

This book, by respected pastor Dr. Tim Keller, helps believers think through the challenges of defending Christian faith to those who may be skeptical.

Jeff Hardin discusses what keeps Christians from engaging in dialogue about science and faith issues (especially evolution); he also reflects on the Christian notion of faith.

Too many people—both Christians and atheists—seem to think that the completeness of scientific theories removes any role for God.

Is Christianity anti-science? Can Christians be good scientists? Is science the only source of true knowledge? Pastor Dave Gustavsen of Jacksonville Chapel addresses these questions.

In this video, N.T. Wright emphasizes the importance of understanding the context of biblical texts in order to know whether to read them as literal or metaphorical narratives.

At BioLogos, we are passionately committed to taking the Bible seriously and to seeking a scientific understanding of God’s creation. How do the Bible and science inform our understanding of Adam and Eve?

We Evangelicals place ourselves under the authority of the Bible's content, but often subject the Bible to our own preferences for the form that we expect that revelation to take.

The Flood story proclaims God’s grace and love for his people.

To insist that the description of the sky in Genesis 1 must conform to contemporary science is a theological problem. It is important to remember that God speaks in ways that people can understand.

If the characteristics of creation is evidence not of God’s power but of creation falling apart because of sin, how can God’s eternal power and divine nature be clearly seen in the world around us?

A BioLogos reader writes to say that he is disturbed by the idea that Genesis portrays a solid dome in the sky.

This is the very heart of the Gospel: sin brings death, and Christ brings life. Can this central tenet of the Gospel be true, while the biological observation that life depends on death also be true?

We often hear critics of evolution saying things like, “A dog could have never evolved from a cat” or “If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys around?” These kinds of statements reveal a misunderstanding of what scientists mean by evolution.

Many Christians view evolution as a wasteful, random, inefficient process, which seems at odds with the work of a sovereign God. But is this characterization appropriate?

One of the difficulties people have with coming to accept the science of evolution is that they have absorbed incorrect or only partially correct information.

Lewis's writings encourage us to face the findings of science with courage and, just as importantly, recognize when a materialistic worldview is masquerading as science.

Considering evolutionary creation has important benefits for Christians both in our relationship with God and in our relationships with other people, believers and non-believers.

Let’s challenge the cultural paradigm that evolution and faith are not compatible.

What if we told the story of the Bible from the perspective of what science has learned about God's world? This is the epic, sweeping, and continuing story of God that stretches from creation to new creation.

What I learned during my journey was that doubt isn’t actually the enemy of faith. Fear is the enemy.

Nathan reached out to the BioLogos Forum community for support in the midst of a profound period of darkness and doubt.

JD Croft shares how he came to terms with evolution and discusses the importance of spiritual openness and humility in navigating science and faith issues.

Cassie Hale shares her story of wrestling with questions related to her faith and evolution.

I am delighted by the idea that God created the world through natural processes—as if allowing nature to participate in its own unfolding, which is harmonious with how we see him work elsewhere.

The more Mario Russo studied and learned, the less he needed “answers” to every possible question.

Francis Collins' story and reasoning opened my mind to something new: I didn’t have to build a wall around my faith to keep science from tearing it down.