2026 Creation Conference
Creation of Human Beings
Location
Registration
This year's conference has no registration fee, but we request that you indicate your plans to attend. Registration includes a place to sign up for a box lunch on Saturday, for which the cost is $10.00. While we are offering the conference at no cost to you, there is a cost to us of several thousand dollars. Therefore, we are making it optional for you to make a donation to the conference to cover speaker honoraria and travel, website editing, refreshments during breaks, and other incidental expenses. If more is donated than is needed, we will contribute that overage to the Society of Creation Endowment Fund at Concordia University Wisconsin. The earnings from that fund make it possible for us to offer this conference at no charge. If you choose to make a donation or to order a box lunch (sub buffet),
Click on the link below with www.signupgenius.com to indicate your intention to attend the conference:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044BAEAD22AAFACF8-63234427-conference
Link here to the 2026 Registration Form.
This year's conference is free, but not inexpensive. The Society of Creation will incur expenses of several thousand dollars for speakers, so we invite people to sign up, make a contribution, and attend. Register by clicking on the signupgenius link above, or downloading and completing and sending the Registration Form above or by sending an email to joelheck2@gmail.com, and Dr. Heck will send you a registration form to complete, which will be sufficient for registration. Registrations on the day of the conference will be accepted.
2026 Creation Conference Speakers
Dr. Joel Heck, President, Emeritus, Concordia Lutheran Seminary, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Topic: Welcome, "About the Society of Creation"
Dr. Angus Menuge, Professor of Philosophy
Topic: "In Whose Image? The Human Mind Versus AI"
Dr. Michael Young, Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences, Concordia University Wisconsin
Topic: "My Reason and Senses: Creation, Incarnation, and the Image of God"
Dr. Gary Locklair, Professor of Computer Science, Concordia University Wisconsin
Topic: "Positive Creation Evidences"
Mr. Joshua Nelson, Science Department, Wisconsin Lutheran High School
Topics: "Speaking the Truth in Love" and "When Creation is Inverted: Creation, Christianity, and Gender Identity"
Dr. Jeff Tompkins, Research Scientist, Institute for Creation Research
Topics: "Monkey Business in the Chimp Genome" and "Jesus Loves the Little Childrden: Explaining, Red, Yellow, Black and White"
Tentative Conference Schedule
“Creation of Human Beings”
Creation Conference
June 12-13, 2026
Twelfth Annual Conference for the Society of Creation
(at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Grafton, Wisconsin)
Friday, June 12
5:00pm Opening: Dr. Joel Heck, Conference Welcome | About the Society of Creation
5:30pm Dr. Angus Menuge: “In Whose Image? The Human Mind versus AI”
7:00pm Break (book tables, restrooms, etc.)
7:15pm Dr. Michael Young: “My Reason and Senses: Creation, Incarnation, and the Image of God”
8:45 Creation Resources
9:00pm Close
Saturday, June 13
8:30am Dr. Gary Locklair: "Human Origins Overview"
9:00am Mr. Joshua Nelson: “Speaking the Truth in Love"
10:15am Break
10:30am Dr. Jeff Tomkins: "Jesus Loves the Little Children: Explaining Red, Yellow, Black and White"
11:45am Lunch (on your own or through SignUpGenius registration)
1:00pm Mr. Joshua Nelson: “When Creation is Inverted: Creation, Christianity, and Gender Identity”
2:15pm Break
2:30pm Dr. Jeff Tomkins: “Monkey Business in the Chimp Genome”
3:45 Break
4:00pm Panel Q & A
5:00 End
Area Hotels
Baymont by Wyndham NOTES: CUW discount
10330 N. Port Washington Rd. 3.8 miles from CUW, 9 minutes
Mequon,WI 53092 262.241.3677
Holiday Inn Express NOTES: CUW discount
4443 W. Schroeder Dr. 8.2 miles from CUW, 15 minutes
Brown Deer, WI 53223 414.355.1300
http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/brown-deer/mkebd/hoteldetail
Candlewood Suites NOTES:
4483 West Schroeder Dr. 8.3 miles from CUW, 15 minutes
Brown Deer, WI 53223 414.355.3939
http://www.ihg.com/candlewood/hotels/us/en/brown-deer/mkesd/hoteldetail
LaQuinta Inn & Suites NOTES: CUW discount
5423 N Port Washington Rd 10.2 miles from CUW, 15 minutes
Glendale, WI 53217 414.962.6767
http://www.laquintamilwaukeebayshore.com
Chalet Motel NOTES: CUW discount
10401 N. Port Washington Rd. 3.5 miles from CUW, 7 minutes
Mequon,WI 53092 262.241.4510
http://www.chaletmotelmequon.com
Residence Inn by Marriott NOTES:
7003 N Port Washington Rd. 8.1 miles from CUW, 12 minutes
Glendale, WI 53217 414.446.4295
https://www.marriott.com/reservation/rateListMenu.mi
Four Points by Sheraton NOTES: CUW discount
8900 N. Kildeer Court 7.8 miles from CUW, 12 minutes
Brown Deer, WI 53209 414.355.8585
http://www.fourpointsmilwaukeenorth.com
Hampton Inn & Suites NOTES: CUW discount
1385 Gateway Drive 5.9 miles from CUW, 11 minutes
Grafton, WI 53024 262.474.1000
http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/wisconsin/hampton-inn-and-suites-grafton-MKEGFHX/index.html
Town Place Suites by Marriott NOTES: CUW discount
1601 Gateway Drive 5.7 miles from CUW, 9 minutes
Grafton, WI 53024 262.618.8100
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mkegf-towneplace-suites-milwaukee-grafton/
Comfort Inn and Suites NOTES: CUW discount
1415 Port Washington Rd. 5.0 miles from CUW, 8 minutes
Grafton, WI 53024 262.387.1180
https://www.choicehotels.com/wisconsin/grafton/comfort-inn-hotels/wi260
Fairfield Inn NOTES:
7035 N Port Washington Rd. 8.0 miles from CUW, 14 minutes
Glendale, WI 53217 414.446.5900
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/mkefi-fairfield-inn-and-suites-milwaukee-north/