About BioLogos
For some Christians, the crisis begins in a science classroom.
They grew up believing God created the world.
Then they learn about an ancient universe.
Fossils.
Genetics.
Natural selection.
Common ancestry.
Human evolution.
Suddenly, ideas that seemed comfortably separated begin colliding.
If evolution is true, what happens to Genesis?
If humans share ancestry with other living things, are we still made in God's image?
If the universe is billions of years old, can the Bible still be trusted?
Some Christians respond by becoming suspicious of science.
Others begin wondering whether Christianity itself is the problem.
BioLogos believes there is another way.
It Started With a Scientist Who Became a Christian
Francis Collins didn't begin his career trying to reconcile Christianity and science.
He wasn't a Christian.
As a young scientist and physician, Collins considered himself an atheist. But encounters with suffering patients and questions he couldn't answer scientifically pushed him toward deeper questions about God, morality, and meaning.
Eventually, he became a Christian.
His scientific career continued.
Collins would go on to lead the Human Genome Project, the international effort responsible for mapping the human genome.
That put him in an unusual position.
He was deeply committed to Christianity.
He was also deeply immersed in modern genetics.
And he didn't believe the two were enemies.
In 2006, Collins published The Language of God, explaining his journey from atheism to Christian faith and his understanding of the relationship between science and Christianity.
The response revealed a much larger need.
People began sending questions.
Lots of them.
Christians wanted somewhere they could wrestle seriously with science without feeling that doing so required abandoning their faith.
BioLogos grew from those conversations.
Don't Make People Choose Between God's Word and God's World
BioLogos often describes Christianity and science using two categories:
God's Word and God's world.
Scripture reveals God.
Creation also tells us something about its Creator.
If both ultimately come from God, BioLogos argues that Christians shouldn't expect genuine truth discovered in one to ultimately contradict genuine truth found in the other.
That doesn't mean every scientific theory is automatically correct.
It also doesn't mean every interpretation of Scripture is correct.
Our interpretations can be mistaken.
Our scientific models can require revision.
So when an apparent conflict emerges, BioLogos encourages Christians to investigate rather than panic.
Maybe the science has been misunderstood.
Maybe the biblical passage is being asked to answer a modern scientific question its original author wasn't addressing.
Perhaps both sides of the conversation need greater precision.
The tension becomes an invitation to study.
Evolution Doesn't Have to Mean a World Without God
Evolution sits near the center of BioLogos' work because it has become one of the most difficult faith-and-science questions for many Christians.
BioLogos accepts evolutionary science.
But it rejects the conclusion that evolution means God is unnecessary.
The organization calls its position Evolutionary Creation.
The order of those words matters.
Creation comes first.
God created the universe.
God sustains creation.
Human beings bear God's image.
Jesus Christ is Lord.
The resurrection is real.
Prayer matters.
God remains actively involved with His creation.
Evolution describes a process through which biological life has developed.
For BioLogos, accepting that process isn't the same as adopting atheism.
Science can investigate mechanisms in creation without answering the theological question of why creation exists at all.
Genesis Is More Than a Science Textbook
That naturally brings the conversation back to Genesis.
BioLogos encourages Christians to ask what Genesis would have communicated within its original ancient context before forcing the text to answer modern scientific questions.
That changes the discussion.
Instead of beginning with the age of the earth, someone might begin with what Genesis teaches about God.
There is one Creator.
Creation isn't divine.
The world has order and purpose.
Human beings have unique dignity as God's image-bearers.
Creation is good.
Human rebellion brings disorder into God's good world.
Those are profound theological claims.
Reading Genesis within its ancient literary and cultural setting doesn't make the text less important.
BioLogos believes it helps readers take seriously what the biblical authors were actually trying to communicate.
Ask the Questions Christians Are Already Asking
BioLogos doesn't restrict the conversation to evolution.
Its resources explore a much wider territory where Christianity and science meet.
Human origins lead into questions about Adam and Eve.
Genetics raises questions about ancestry and human identity.
Neuroscience opens conversations about consciousness and the soul.
Cosmology brings Christians into discussions about the beginning and structure of the universe.
Environmental science leads naturally into creation care.
Medicine can raise questions about vaccines, suffering, ethics, and human flourishing.
Artificial intelligence introduces another generation of questions about technology and what it means to be human.
Rather than treating these subjects as threats that Christians should avoid, BioLogos tries to create places where scientists, theologians, pastors, educators, parents, and students can explore them together.
Give Pastors Somewhere to Turn
A teenager approaches a youth pastor with a question about evolution.
A parent discovers their child thinks Christianity requires rejecting everything they're learning in biology.
A science teacher wants to discuss faith without misrepresenting either Scripture or science.
A pastor is preparing to teach Genesis and realizes the congregation contains young-earth creationists, old-earth creationists, evolutionary creationists, and people who have never thought seriously about the issue.
Those leaders need more than an argument.
They need resources.
BioLogos produces articles, podcasts, videos, Bible studies, curricula, discussion materials, and resource centers designed for different audiences.
Its material isn't aimed only at professional scientists.
Pastors can use it.
Teachers can use it.
Parents can use it.
Youth leaders can use it.
Small groups can use it.
Students can explore questions privately before they're ready to discuss them publicly.
Help Young Christians Keep Asking Questions
The next generation has become particularly important to BioLogos.
Young Christians are growing up in a world saturated with science and technology.
They don't encounter scientific ideas only in university laboratories.
They encounter them in school, documentaries, YouTube videos, social media, medicine, environmental conversations, and ordinary news.
If they believe Christianity requires them to reject well-established science, some may eventually conclude that Christianity itself isn't intellectually credible.
BioLogos wants to interrupt that trajectory.
Its Integrate curriculum, for example, was developed as a faith-and-science supplement for students in grades 6–12.
Other resources help parents, educators, campus ministries, and youth leaders create environments where difficult questions can be discussed without embarrassment.
The message to students is important:
You are allowed to ask.
Disagreement Doesn't Have to Become Warfare
BioLogos also knows that Christians don't agree about origins.
Some believe the earth is young.
Others accept an old earth while rejecting common ancestry.
Some support Intelligent Design.
Others embrace Evolutionary Creation.
BioLogos clearly advocates its own position.
But one of its stated values is gracious dialogue.
That means disagreement should not require contempt.
A Christian who interprets Genesis differently is still a person to be listened to.
Scientific questions deserve careful evidence.
Biblical questions deserve careful interpretation.
And conversations between Christians should reflect Christian character.
That's particularly important because debates about origins can become intensely personal.
BioLogos wants conviction without hostility.
Wonder Doesn't Have to End When You Understand More
There's a deeper idea underneath all of this.
Scientific explanation doesn't necessarily remove wonder.
Sometimes it creates more of it.
Understanding genetics doesn't have to make life feel less remarkable.
Learning how stars form doesn't have to make the heavens less glorious.
Understanding ecosystems can deepen someone's sense of responsibility toward creation.
Discovering the immense age and scale of the universe can make human existence feel astonishing.
Science explains processes.
Faith places those processes within a larger story of Creator and creation.
For BioLogos, studying the world can therefore become an act of worship.
The microscope and the Bible don't have to compete for the Christian's attention.
Both can produce awe.
At the heart of BioLogos is the conviction that Christians do not have to fear what careful scientific investigation discovers about God's creation. By bringing scientists, biblical scholars, pastors, educators, parents, and students into thoughtful conversation, BioLogos helps people explore difficult questions without abandoning either intellectual honesty or historic Christian faith. Its message is ultimately one of integration: God's Word and God's world belong to the same reality, and studying both can lead Christians not further away from their Creator, but deeper into wonder, understanding, and worship.
