Faraday Churches

22/09/2026

Science for the Church is holding a great webinar next week!

Dr. Deborah Haarsma helps us learn why Evangelicals tend towards skepticism of science and how we can bridge the gap.

17/09/2026

💭📖🧬Reflecting on biblical teachings and on scientific knowledge, Colin Hoogerwerf BioLogos considers what our creatureliness can teach us about ourselves and our place in creation 🌍️👤🐬🌱🐞🦠

Creatureliness is the reality that humans belong to God’s created world. It reminds us of our place as God’s image bearers in creation, not apart from it.

15/09/2026

📣 Coming up next week: How (not) to use science in the pulpit

Our new online course, Equipped for Ministry: Science and the Life of the Church, begins on Monday 21 September!

In our first session, Revd Dr Jonathan Jong will explore how scientific research can be used fruitfully in preaching. What can insights from science tell us about the world, ourselves and our communities—and how might they enrich our preaching? Just as importantly, what pitfalls should we avoid?

Meet our speaker

Jonathan Jong is an experimental psychologist whose research focuses primarily on the psychology of religion and the philosophical questions raised by the scientific study of religion. He is an Assistant Professor at Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, and holds associate roles at the University of Oxford.

Jonathan is the author of Experimenting with Religion(OUP, 2023) and co-author of Death Anxiety and Religious Belief (Bloomsbury, 2016), as well as the editor of the Cambridge University Press series Elements in Psychology of Religion.

Alongside his academic work, Jonathan is an ordained minister and, since 2021, Rector of the Benefice of Cocking with West Lavington, Bepton, and Heyshott in the Diocese of Chichester.

Bringing together experience from both scientific research and church ministry, Jonathan is ideally placed to open our series with a practical exploration of science in the pulpit.

📅 Monday 21 September 2026
⏰ 7.30–9.30pm
💻 Online

Join us for an evening of learning, discussion and practical ideas for ministry.
https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/event/equipped-for-ministry/

10/09/2026

Prayer may not be easy to measure, but its impact on our relationships and sense of connection may be profound.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ciqyaP

08/09/2026

🧐 "German sociologist Max Weber (...) saw modern science as a driver of disenchantment, stripping away the sense of mystery, magic, and the sacred from reality. (...) Our research found something Weber never anticipated. For most scientists, inquiry does not disenchant the world; rather, it deepens their sense of enchantment."🪐🧬🤩

Read the full article 'The Spiritual Intelligence of Scientists' by Prof Brandon Vaidyanathan here: https://buff.ly/1uwStnX

John Templeton Foundation

For most scientists, inquiry does not disenchant the world; rather, it deepens their sense of enchantment. While scientific intelligence helps us understand how things work, there is a different mode of intelligence that orients us to why things matter.

04/09/2026

⏰️Still time to register⏰️
Equipped for Ministry: Science and the Life of the Church🔬⛪️
Monday evenings, 1 per month, Sep 2026 - March 2027
£90 (£45 for students) for 6 online sessions
🎟️Details and registration here: https://buff.ly/9PmbcNE

💭Why should you take this course? It will be a great opportunity to consider some ways in which science can speak fruitfully into the core activities of everyday church life (e.g. inspire wonder and worship, enrich preaching, help encounter the Scriptures with fresh eyes, inform pastoral care).🪸🪐🧠🌾🐝🧬

📅Can't make it to Monday nights? Don't worry. When you register you'll have access to all the talk recordings and course material, and you can do it in your own time.

🧑‍🔬Not a scientist? That’s ok. This course is tailored for people of all backgrounds, from the ones who don’t feel very ‘sciency’ to the active scientists in our congregations.

Worship, teaching, pastoral care… At the Faraday Institute we are well aware of the ways in which science can speak fruitfully into the core activities of the Church’s ministry and mission. For example, images of distant galaxies can inspire wonder and worship, science is a source of modern para...

02/09/2026

You might have noticed on social media or through your own churches that has started! 🌍️🐞🐘 This year's theme is 'Immersion in Living Water' inspired by the text in Ezekiel 47:1-12.

"The call is for transformation – that Christians would be immersed in the living water flowing from the throne of God- stepping in deeper and deeper, inspired by the Spirit of God, working together for the renewal of Creation." ✝️🌊🌱🫂

📚️ Here are some resources to help you mark this season:
Season of Creation - https://buff.ly/qJEPoHY
A Rocha International - https://buff.ly/zHH9Dkk

28/08/2026

Check this great article at Seen & Unseen by our own director, Dr Ruth Bancewicz. 🌲🦌👤👣📖 Ruth reflects on how the themes explored by the new nature writing movement relate to how Scripture describes our relationship with creation.
https://buff.ly/284e6oK

26/08/2026

📺️ Have you watched the new BBC series "Evolution"? Here is a review from a Christian perspective by evolutionary scientist Dr Zachary Ardern 🧬🦠🐘🦇

Dr Zachary Ardern writes: The Nicene Creed affirms: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. The BBC Science Unit apparently neither shares nor countenances this belief. 45 seconds into the first episode of the beautifully produced....

21/08/2026

Last month, Graham Budd, the director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, delivered a great on 'AI, Humanity and God', at Eden Baptist Church, Cambridge, UK 🤖🫂✝️ In case you missed it, the recording is now available here (https://buff.ly/FB7Mpth)!