Events at The Center for Applied Christian Ethics
The Center for Applied Christian Ethics holds events throughout the year to promote and encourage the formation of moral character and the application of biblical ethics to contemporary moral decisions.
It's Complicated: Finding a way beyond the binary with Angela Weszely, Founder of ProGrace
7:00 p.m., Mon., March 23, 2026, Lower Beamer Student Center, Phelps, 421 N. Chase St., Wheaton
Conversations about abortion often center on the question: Are you pro-life or pro-choice? What if that's the wrong question? What if conversations about abortion didn’t have to feel so tense, divided, or dehumanizing? What does it mean to affirm the image of God in every person involved? How do we navigate tension we may feel when our deepest Christian values seem to conflict? What would it take for Christian communities to become spaces of empathy, listening, and grace?
Biography:
Angela Weszely is CEO and founder of ProGrace, an organization that facilitates transformative learning experiences for Christ-followers to break through the abortion divide. With over twenty years of experience helping churches and direct service organizations develop a Christ-centered response to abortion, Angela is passionate about uniting Christians across fault lines to have a broader influence than any one organization can have on their own. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and enjoys tackling challenging conversations with leaders of diverse perspectives, always elevating shared values above differences. A steadfast believer in the power of the Church, Angela is a trusted guide for Christians who want to live out the way of Jesus in one of today’s most challenging conversations. Angela lives with her family in Evanston, Illinois.
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Biblical Peacemaking in the Middle East
Dr. Koop, the evangelical Surgeon General who astonished both supporters and critics as he went after Big Tobacco, led America through the 1980s AIDS crisis, and as an octogenarian helmed DrKoop.com, the world's top healthcare website. The world's most celebrated pediatric surgeon, Koop was invited to Wheaton's 1973 Commencement. In a stunning speech, just months after Roe vs Wade, he launched the evangelical pro-life movement. Eight years later, after his collaboration with Francis Schaeffer had made him America's best-known anti-abortion physician, President Reagan appointed him Surgeon General. Activists on both sides of the abortion debate assumed he would carry on his pro-life speech-making, and were taken aback when he said no. He would focus on issues like smoking (which dropped by nearly one-quarter during his time in office) and then AIDS - where he became an unlikely hero to the gay community. There was talk of tattooing HIV-infected patients or sending them all to Alaska. He said no: God is the judge, I'm a doc and I'll save your lives. Famed ethicist Harold O.J. Brown, a Koop friend but also critic, described him as the most important evangelical in American public life since William Jennings Bryan.