The Midwest Creation Fellowship Memorial page for Dr. Kenneth Funk Begins:
“On May 28, 2025, our beloved co-laborer and brother in Christ passed into the presence of the Lord.”
It is followed by a brief memorial. Between that memorial and the obituary here, the two list his accomplishments as: Director of the (MCF) North venue, peptide chemist, respected scientist, Navy veteran, creation advocate, cherished family man, scientist and servant of Christ. This is all very true, and for this tribute, I want to add what is for me perhaps both his most understated but most defining personal trait that was apparent to me through the years that I knew him. That trait is visionary. Ken was a visionary who saw clearly two things: 1. Our creator God, and 2. Our human need for salvation. As a man of science who used science to solve a hard-to-address human need (he assisted with the development of Lupron, a treatment widely used for prostate cancer and hormone-related conditions), Ken was aware of the power of science to address difficult needs in ways that could be made understandable and discernible. As the drug whose creation he had contributed to treats the human body, it is clear Ken wanted the concrete, discernible truths of science applied to God’s creation to treat the disbelief in the human heart and mind.
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