What is the Christian view of creationism?

There are probably almost as many Christian views as there are Christians. However, the major Christian denominations are moving towards dismissing creationism as explaining the origins of life on earth. The following are the views of some of the Churches that back theistic or guided evolution as the explanation for life on earth.
Catholic Church

In the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict has backed "theistic evolution" which considers that God created life through evolution with no clash between religion and science. The Catholic Church considers the authority of the Pope to be absolute on matters of faith, therefore the position of the Catholic Church is in favour of the Theory of Evolution, not the obviously artificial construct of Intelligent Design, as the more extreme position of creationism is known.

Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church has said that the theory of evolution does not conflict with Christian faith. In 2006, the General Convention affirmed, via Resolution A129, that God is creator and added that "the theory of evolution provides a fruitful and unifying scientific explanation for the emergence of life on earth, that many theological interpretations of origins can readily embrace an evolutionary outlook, and that an acceptance of evolution is entirely compatible with an authentic and living Christian faith."

Church of England

The Church of England is considering the possibility of apologising posthumously to Darwin, for its earlier condemnation of his theory

Greek Orthodox Church

The Greek Orthodox Church is divided between Compatibilists who hold that science and theology are compatible, and Incompatibilists who hold that science can be incompatible with faith. Many Incompatibilists reject evolution.

United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church does not have an official statement on any theories of evolution. However, at the 2008 General Conference, three petitions made the following changes to United Methodist documents:

• Petition 80050: accepts evolution and corrects some ambiguities under "Science and Technology" in the Book of Discipline.
• Petition 80990: endorses The Clergy Letter Project and its reconciliatory programs between religion and science and urges United Methodist clergy participation, in Resolution 11, "God's Creation and the Church" in the Book of Resolutions.
• Petition 80839: creates a new resolution, "Evolution and Intelligent Design," in the Book of Resolutions: "The United Methodist Church goes on record as opposing the introduction of any faith-based theories such as Creationism or Intelligent Design into the science curriculum of our public schools."

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