Derek Cooper
Derek Cooper is an assistant professor of biblical studies and historical theology at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, Pa. He is the author of So You’re Thinking About Going to Seminary: An Insider’s Guide.
Derek Cooper is an assistant professor of biblical studies and historical theology at Biblical Seminary in Hatfield, Pa. He is the author of So You’re Thinking About Going to Seminary: An Insider’s Guide.
The Society of St. Andrew in Big Island, Va., was founded in 1979 and began salvaging potatoes and other produce in 1983. It operates a Gleaning Network and Potato & Produce Project that salvage unpicked usable produce. It has regional offices in six Southern states and gleaning operations in 14 states. Mike Hickcox is the communications director.
The Souper Bowl of Caring mobilizes young people to do something about hunger and poverty. Born of church youth groups in Columbia, S.C., in 1990 and pegged to Super Bowl weekend, by 2009 the event generated more than $10 million for anti-hunger and poverty groups. Find local participating groups.
Foods Resource Bank is made up of 15 Christian denominations and agencies that work at the grass roots with farmers and communities to develop local food security. Modeled after a Canadian program, it has both overseas and U.S. projects. Contact Marv Baldwin, president and CEO of the group, which has offices in Illinois and Michigan.
The ELCA World Hunger program helps alleviate hunger through advocacy, education, relief and sustainable development.
The Zygon Center for Religion and Science is dedicated to relating religious traditions and the best scientific knowledge in order to gain insight into the origins, nature and destiny of humans and their environment. The center is based at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation is a Roman Catholic lay apostolate that promotes the teachings of Genesis, especially with regard to creation. It is based in Mount Jackson, Va., and directed by Hugh Owen.
The Creation Truth Foundation in Noble, Okla., promotes the Genesis story of creation. George Thomas Sharp is its founder and president.
May 30, 2013, The Christian Post article about novelist Stephen King and his views on on intelligent design.