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Concordia University, St. Paul will host the fourth annual creation conference of the Society of Creation in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 10 and 11. The event, titled “Adam and Eve: Myth or Reality?,” will be co-hosted by Dr. Gary Lockair, computer science professor at Concordia University Wisconsin and Dr. Joel Heck, former longtime CUW professor and theology professor at Concordia University Texas.


During the conference, keynote speakers Dr. Robert Carter and Dr. David Menton will conduct sessions focusing on human origins. Carter, speaker and senior scientist at Creation Ministries International, will present on “The Non-Mythical Adam and Eve” and “The High-Tech Genome” and Menton, a speaker, scientist, and researcher at Answers in Genesis, will speak on “Three Ways to Make an Ape-man” and “Beauty is Skin Deep.”

Sessions will start Friday evening and run through Saturday afternoon. Cost of the event is $55 to attend in person or $30 to stream online.

For more information on the conference or to register, visit societyofcreation.org.

— This story is written by Kali Thiel, director of university communications for Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor. She may be reached at kali.thiel@cuw.edu or 262-243-2149.

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