It depends. Some churches already believe that man is subject to evolution, but others strictly believe evolution is false and are unlikely to change their thoughts or beliefs at all
The Church
Leading Church of England scientist/priests, Rev. Dr Arthur Peacocke and Rev. Dr Sir John Polkinghorne KBE, FRS, are both urging the church to replace Genesis creation with big bang theory and cosmic evolution.
The church opposed his views. The church said that god created everything as they are now. Darwin believed in evolution. Evolution, by the way, is the scientific theory that everything adapts to fit its environment.
Kai Wong attends the Church of Scientology but is not a Christian Scientist.
The Church of Christ, Scientist was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. Today, it estimated to have 85,000 members throughout the world.
Theory of evolution
Think about it. When using science, we often have theories that lead to things like evolution. The church does not believe in evolution, but that god created us in his image.
In 2008 the United Methodist Church made 3 major statements strongly in favor of Theistic Evolution. Most Methodists would identify with this position saying that evolution in and of itself does not conflict with theology. So yes, The Methodist Church does believe in evolution and is NOT considered to be fundamentalist or creationist.
Evolution was first suggested by the Greeks in the 6th century BCE but as more of a philosophical point. It wasn't until the 18th century that there was enough data to formulate scientific theories. A scientist called Lamark came up with the first mechanism for evolution but it was rejected by mainstream biologists. Charles Darwin suggested that evolution works by a process he called Natural Selection. This provided biologists with a strong and compelling mechanism for evolution. Unfortunately this refuted what many theologians held to be true. Many argued that the world was created as it is today.The argument continues today. Scientists at large accept the theory of Evolution by Natural Selection to be true as it has since been backed up with a large amount of genetic evidence (as opposed to 'only' palaeontological and biogeographical evidence available to Darwin and his contemporaries). I would guess that most ordinary people also accept the theory but there are groups of people who don't, often due to a theological bias (not always , the Roman Catholic Church has no issues with evolution). The 'fuss' continues between these groups and will probably continue for the foreseeable future.AnswerThe fuss? well, like they said church vs. science as always. it threatens what was thoght to be true (creationism, etc...) by the church, and the church being all high-and-mighty did not like losing its followers to science. those that were true to religion do not like it because it snubs what they hold to be true, not one likes to be wrong, and no one likes to lose faith. so the fuss continues onward as science grows stronger with more proof.....
Most do. However, the Anglican Communion allows for variation from church to church.
The Catholic Church has never condemned Darwin's work. In fact, Venerable Pope Pius XII said that people could accept it as a theory, but that Catholics may not believe in atheistic evolution.
It didn't accept that.