Genesis Conferences
Genesis Conferences were created to bring creation-science teaching into a concentrated public event where students, families, educators, church members, and interested members of the community could hear from multiple speakers and explore a range of subjects in one setting. Conferences were held in 2011 and 2014.
The events combined main sessions, interactive workshops, documentary media, and question-and-answer time. Topics included design in nature and the universe, molecular genetics, fossils, paleontology, Grand Canyon geology, apologetics, and practical ways Christians could discuss creation and evolution. The 2014 conference brought together speakers with backgrounds in biology, engineering, theology, education, field research, and creation apologetics.
The conferences gave GCSI an opportunity to do more than present a single lecture. They created a multi-speaker learning environment where attendees could compare subjects, ask questions directly, and move between broad presentations and smaller workshops. That educational model—bringing research, teaching, field experience, and public discussion together—continued in GCSI’s later work and in the broader research and educational mission that developed into ABSA.
Genesis Conference 2014 Speakers
Genesis Conferences were held in 2011 and 2014 and included sessions, workshops, and presentations from creation science speakers and educators.
Genesis Conference 2014 Schedule:
FRIDAY MAY 30th
6:00pm Session 1: Bruce Malone Brilliant: Man Made in the Image of God
7:30pm Session 2: Dr. Tom Kindell Design in the Universe
SATURDAY MAY 31st
10:00am Session 3: Bill Morgan- Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
11:00am Session 4: Dr. Chris Osborne- Molecular Genetics
12:00pm Lunch Break (Various local options available)
1:00pm Interactive Workshop 1 (Your choice of 2)
Dr. Chris Osborne – Origins and the Fossil Evidence
Garth Guessman- Living Pterosaur Research
2:00pm Interactive Workshop 2 (Your choice of 2)
Nate Loper- Grand Canyon 3D!
Bill Morgan- Witnessing to Evolutionists
3:00pm Q&A Panel with Conference Speakers
4:00pm Dinner Break (Various local options available)
5:00pm Video- Darwin: The Voyage that Shook the World
6:00pm Session 5: Dr. Tom Kindell Irrefutable Examples of Design in Nature
7:00pm Session 6: Bruce Malone Censored Science and the Bible
Genesis Conference 2014 Workshops:
Origins and the Fossil Evidence with Dr. Chris Osborne– Main Sanctuary
Fossils provide us with the only direct form of evidence into the history of life. According to the theory of evolutionary common descent, all life forms share common ancestors. If so, then as we look at fossils of past life forms, they should form a blending continuum. However, if the fossil record is dominated by the Genesis Flood, then there should be billions of dead things, buried in rock layers suddenly laid down by water all over the earth. Take a look at the fossils for yourself and see which of these explanations make the most sense.
Living Pterosaur Research with Garth Guessman– Upstairs Youth Room
Hear about fascinating first-hand research and reports of this ongoing project to find living pterosaurs in remote locations of the world. Learn about eyewitness reports as well as historical accounts which speak of dragons and fiery flying serpents which may be interpretations of still-living pterosaurs reptiles like the rhamphorhynchus, ropen, pterodactyl, and more! Hear about Garth’s own encounters and studies on this!
Grand Canyon 3D! with Nate Loper– Main Sanctuary
This workshop took participants on a 3D tour through the Grand Canyon. Participants received 3D glasses to view images and videos captured during a nine-day river trip and from the canyon rim, alongside teaching on the canyon’s history, features, and their relationship to the biblical creation and Flood accounts.
Witnessing to Evolutionists with Bill Morgan– Upstairs Youth Room
Many lectures on Creation are outstanding, but they often are not practical out on the front lines when you are confronted by an atheist. You often never get a chance to implement the detailed lessons you learned when you attempt to defend your faith. You need quick, powerful and simple points. My lesson has “evolved” over many years and is the result of years of street witnessing. I hope to provide Christians at all levels of science knowledge with what I feel are the most effective ways to witness to atheists and evolutionists in schools, at work or on the street.
Genesis Conference 2014 Speakers:
Dr. Thomas Kindell was once an ardent believer in the “fact” of evolution. However, through his exposure to the scientific case for creation, he became a zealous creationist. He has received advanced training in scientific creationism through the Institute for Creation Research and has studied Christian Apologetics and Biblical-Scientific Creationism at California Graduate School of Theology where he received his M.A. in Biblical Studies. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy of Theology.
Bruce Malone spent 27 years working as a research leader for the Dow Chemical Corporation, has a degree chemical engineering, and is responsible for key innovations which have resulted in 18 patents. But his passion is sharing the relevance and evidence for creation, so he retired early to become full time Director of Search for the Truth Ministries. Bruce brings science alive through stories and demonstrations, showing that Biblical creation is the most rational explanation for the world around us.
Bill Morgan is a great communicator and teacher when is comes to sharing the downfalls and problems with Darwinian Evolution and the secular worldview. He has given over 500 talks on various creation science topics and has even participated in many debates on the Creation vs. Evolution issue. Bill runs the Creation Science Association of Orange County and has regular meetings that are open to the public and cover many topics relating to Biblical creation science.
Dr. Chris D. Osborne, Ph.D. (Biology) has 25 years of teaching experience ranging from middle school through graduate school. His college level teaching experiences are from 9 institutions of higher learning. He has taught a broad range of college level courses in biology, ecology, environmental science, natural history, genetics, paleontology, cell biology, human biology, anatomy, and physiology, as well as scientific models of origins and the history of life.
Nate Loper is a full-time youth pastor and the founding director of the Genesis Creation Science Institute and Genesis Camp. He has been fortunate to speak in various Junior High and High Schools as well as different churches on the topics of Creation vs. Evolution, Astronomy, Noah’s Ark, Geology, Dinosaurs and more. Nate has led numerous creation trips to places like the Grand Canyon and fossil dig sites, and has given Bible-based tours of museums around the world.
Garth Guessman is a leading expert in the search for living pterosaurs and ropens. He has been on multiple expeditions in various places like Papau New Guinea and other remote jungle locations, and has been featured on tv programs such as History’s MonsterQuest. Garth is also the vice president of the South Bay Creation Science Association which meets monthly since 1984 and hosts speakers that share about the latest in Creation Science and the Evolution vs. Creation debate.