About GodAndScience.orgAbout GodAndScience.orgGodAndScience.org began for me (Richard Deem) while I began serving as a volunteer apologist for Reasons To Believe in 1994. At the time, Reasons was receiving dozens to hundreds of letters every month that needed to be answered. The "easy" letters were answered by the staff, usually by including one of the ministry's short papers along with a form letter. However, there were always the harder questions, most of which required at least some research to answer. As a part of the group of 40-60 volunteers, I answered 3-4 letters/week. Initially, the number of letters answered was much less, since every letter required research and study (both biblical and scientific). Eventually, I wrote quite a number of long papers on various topics related to theology and science. I kept up with the current scientific literature and kept adding to the body of evidence for each paper. As a relatively new Christian (since 1988, see my testimony page), serving with Reasons To Believe forced my to examine Christianity in detail and study the Bible in depth to answer the questions of both skeptics and believers. The learning experience with Reasons To Believe was the basis for much of the information incorporated into this site.
The website Evidence for God from Science was begun in early 1997 as a personal homepage at Geocities (now part of Yahoo). The site still exists as a mirror of GodAndScience.org, but is not updated as frequently as the main site. The main site continued to grow, and in 1999, the domain "GodAndScience.org" was purchased and the domain name was forwarded to a personal ISP homepage. In early 2000, the website ran out of its 20 MB of server space and was moved to its current host, NoMonthlyFees.com. As of February, 2001, the site is up to 80+ MB with 500 pages and hundreds of images. It now receives over 10,000 visitors each month and answers dozens of e-mails.
GodAndScience.org is a "tent-making" ministry, since its sole minister is employed full time in medical research. The modest costs of the ministry (web hosting, domain registration, etc.) are mostly covered through the sale of books and CD-ROMs. Therefore, the ministry has no financial needs at this time. However, the ministry is always in need of prayer, since the time demands of employment, family, and volunteer activity (mainly Cub Scouts) limit the amount of time spent in ministry. I am "blessed" to live over one hour from my work, since there is a vanpool that allows me to work on the site and e-mails 10-15 hours/week. However, the volume of e-mail is getting beyond the point of part-time ministry, and I am looking for a ministry partner to help answer e-mails. In addition, it would be nice to have a volunteer moderator for the discussion board. See the help wanted page for more information. Both positions are part-time and unpaid.
Thank you for your prayers!
Rich Deem
Last updated 02/07/01