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  Christians and the Environment

  It's good to see the church continue to make the connection between faith and environmental stewardship!
  Floresta.org has been a leader in this area for 20 years, transforming the lives of the rural poor through reforestation and economic opportunity. Check it out! You can sponsor a village for just $30 a month and put your environmental values to work. www.floresta.orgOn Church of England urges carbon fast for Lent posted 1 year, 9 months ago 2 Responses

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  Evangelicals and the Environment

  I agree with the above posts that Christians have been pathetically slow to recognize the moral imperatives of caring for the environment. Still, there is lots of good news, especially among the evangelical churches in America, arguably among the most powerful in terms of influencing public policy. Young evangelicals, especially, are more and more committed to the environment.

  The National Association of Evangelicals has taken a strong environmental stand and many individual churches are also recognizing that "loving your neighbor" includes the whole of the planet, and speaking out against our culture of mindless consumerism- (for a great example, see Matthew Sleeth's book Serve God, Save the Planet.)

  Many groups are doing great work- (Floresta is my personal fave in terms of a holistic approach to third world development and environmental education from a Christian world view. www.floresta.org...)

  For those of you who have stereotyped Christians as negligent or worse in terms of the environment, I encourage you to see us as people with whom to make common cause in caring for the planet- I am sorry we have been, for the most part, so slow to start doing our part...DougOn A guest essay posted 2 years, 5 months ago 7 Responses

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  Evangelicals and the Environment

  I agree with the above posts that Christians have been pathetically slow to recognize the moral imperatives of caring for the environment. Still, there is lots of good news, especially among the evangelical churches in America, arguably among the most powerful in terms of influencing public policy. Young evangelicals, especially, are more and more committed to the environment.

  The National Association of Evangelicals has taken a strong environmental stand and many individual churches are also recognizing that "loving your neighbor" includes the whole of the planet, and speaking out against our culture of mindless consumerism- (for a great example, see Matthew Sleeth's book Serve God, Save the Planet.)

  Many groups are doing great work- (Floresta is my personal fave in terms of a holistic approach to third world development and environmental education from a Christian world view. www.floresta.org...)

  For those of you who have stereotyped Christians as negligent or worse in terms of the environment, I encourage you to see us as people with whom to make common cause in caring for the planet- I am sorry we have been, for the most part, so slow to start doing our part...DougOn A guest essay posted 2 years, 5 months ago 7 Responses