Nazarenes and Theistic Evolution

“Poll Shows Nazarene Scholars Embracing Evolution,” Around the World with Ken Ham, June 24, 2014: “In results published last month on the BioLogos website, it was revealed that the majority of Nazarene college and university professors believe in an old earth and human evolution. The poll, which was shaped by Nazarene researchers and conducted by the Nazarenes Exploring Evolution project, was given to scholars at Nazarene educational institutions. ... The results of the poll given to scholars revealed that the compromise on Genesis in so-called Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries has run rampant. Overwhelmingly, scholars at Nazarene institutions believe that the Bible does not require a belief in a young earth (nearly 95%), that the Bible is compatible with evolutionary ideas (82%), that science has established that the world is billions of years old (nearly 86%), that human evolution is true (67%), and that the Nazarene church should consider theistic evolution as a valid alternative to biblical creation (87%).”

(Friday Church News Notes, July 18, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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