Being close to the EPFL and University of Lausanne, Westlake attracts a number of professors, senior researchers, postdocs, and PhD students, who meet together monthly to discuss issues at the interface between their academic disciplines and the Christian Faith.
The goals of the group are:
- To develop a “Christian mind”, benefitting from each other’s expertise in how the Gospel speaks into their academic discipline, and how their discipline influences their understanding of the Bible.
- To engage the campus with the Gospel by helping each other prepare talks on issues of science and faith to student groups during mission week.
- To provide support and mentoring of Christian academics at different stages of their career.
- To provide a resource for the church, to help it understand how scientific issues influence one’s understanding of the Bible.
The group meets for lunch once per month on Sunday afternoons, in the church building or at different professors’ houses.
The group is also part of a wider association of Christian postgraduate and academic groups in Europe, of which you can find out more here, the group in Lausanne also collaborates with the groups in the association in retreats, gatherings, and evangelistic events.
If you are a professor, senior researcher, postdoc, or PhD student, we would be pleased to have you join us.
For more information, contact Alex Rusnak alexander.rusnak@epfl.ch