Stewards of the Earth: Church Teams up With Scientists to Show How Evolution is Not Carved in Stone

Earth Day is in the rearview mirror for 2025, but its beginnings and reason for being are lodged firmly in a secular worldview of how the world began. Not that it’s a bad thing to protect the environment. In fact, God calls us to be good stewards of His creation. But today, the majority of public schools and institutions of higher learning teach the theory of evolution as fact.

But is it? Today, many scientists are finding holes in Darwin’s “Origins of the Species”. At Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, they’ve partnered with Creation Studies Institute to quote: “Make the biblical and scientific case for creation.” It’s easy to reject the biblical account of creation. After all, science has proven the speed of light is a constant that has helped them peer deep into space and into ancient history, thus surmising the universe is billions of years old. How does that square with the Bible’s account of the world being created in seven days?

Dr. Robert Pacienza, CEO of Coral Ridge Ministries, who is in charge of this new partnership, talks about how to pair the Bible’s account of creation and science. The bold move is turning around the meaning of Earth Day, saying, “It’s an opportunity for people who belong to God to celebrate that God created the heavens and the earth. And as we read in Genesis 1, God looked at what he had created, and He called it good.” What’s important to understand is that this is not an opportunity to ignore scientific facts. It’s the courage to interpret them differently.