Virtual Town Hall : Evangelicals & the COVID-19 Vaccine

TheHumanitarian Disaster Institutewas founded in 2011 at Wheaton College and is the country’s first faith-based academic disaster research center. Our mission is to help the church prepare and care in a disaster-filled world. HDI carries out our mission through research, training, convening, and resourcing.The M.A. in Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College Graduate School can be completed in one year on campus or two years online (which includes a week of on-campus coursework at the beginning and end of the program). We have also partnered with the School of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy at Wheaton College Graduate School to offer a new Trauma Certificate in a specialized track specifically tailored to humanitarian and disaster responders. Learn more atwheaton.edu/HDL.

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Learn about how to faithfully engage your neighbors in conversations about COVID-19 vaccination from an Evangelical Christian perspective.

Thank you for registering for our Virtual Town Hall with Dr. Francis Collins. While tickets are no longer available for this event, we are happy to send you a recording. Please contact us at hdi@wheaton.edu.

Evangelicals who get vaccinated against COVID-19 demonstrate our love of neighbors, care for the most vulnerable, and protect our own bodies. But a recent study shows that <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/03/05/black-protestants-arent-least-likely-to-get-a-vaccine-white-evangelicals-are/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">white Evangelicals are less likely to get vaccinated</a> than most other groups in the United States. Join Humanitarian Disaster Institute Co-Directors Jamie Aten and Kent Annan on April 27 for an important conversation with Drs. Francis S. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Timothy Dalrymple, President and CEO of Christianity Today, and Russell Moore, President of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.We are hosting this event to create space for Evangelical Christians to come together and discuss how to engage our neighbors in conversations about the COVID-19 vaccine. Bring your questions - they will help shape our conversation! <a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/francis-collins-honored-work-bridge-science-and-religion" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Francis S. Collins</a> was appointed the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate. He was sworn in on August 17, 2009. In 2017, President Donald Trump asked Dr. Collins to continue to serve as the NIH Director. President Joe Biden did the same in 2021. Dr. Collins is the only Presidentially appointed NIH Director to serve more than one administration. In this role, Dr. Collins oversees the work of the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world, spanning the spectrum from basic to clinical research. Connect with Dr. Collins online at <a href="https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/who-we-are/nih-director/biographical-sketch-francis-s-collins-md-phd" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">nih.gov</a>.<a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2021/april-web-only/splintering-of-evangelical-soul.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Timothy Dalrymple</a> is president and CEO of Christianity Today. After graduating from Stanford with a double major in philosophy and religious studies, Tim earned an M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in modern western religious thought at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Prior to accepting his current role at Christianity Today, he served in youth ministry, prison chaplaincy, and graduate and faculty ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Connect with Timothy on <a href="https://twitter.com/TimDalrymple_" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>. <a href="https://www.russellmoore.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Russell Moore</a> is president of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the moral and public policy agency of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Dr. Moore is the author of several books, including The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear Without Losing Your Soul, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel and The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home. A native Mississippian, he and his wife Maria are the parents of five sons. Connect on <a href="https://twitter.com/drmoore" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>. Can&#x27;t make it on April 27? Register for the event and we&#x27;ll send you a link to the recording.While you wait, read <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/05/us/covid-vaccine-evangelicals.html?smid=em-share" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">our recent work on this topic with The New York Times</a> and <a href="https://www.change.org/evangelicalsforcovid19vaccine" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">sign the petition encouraging Evangelicals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine</a>. This event is hosted by Jamie Aten and Kent Annan. Published together in various media outlets as &quot;two evangelicals,&quot; they lead humanitarian and disaster response initiatives from an Evangelical Christian perspective. Jamie and Kent thoughtfully engage with others through their work in higher education, across global media platforms, and training program development. Connect with Jamie online at <a href="http://www.jamieaten.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">jamieaten.com</a> and with Kent at <a href="http://www.kentannan.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">kentannan.com</a>.<a href="https://www.spiritualfirstaidsummit.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a>

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