Creation Care in the Evangelical Community
For evangelicals, creation care is Christian discipleship. It is honoring the Creator by respecting--not worshiping--the Creation. It is caring for the poor, who suffer the most from environmental degradation. It is caring for one's family, especially for children. Environmentally concerned evangelicals often feel themselves to be "voices in the wilderness" in a culture that places consumption and materialism above the good of the neighbor and the rest of God's Creation.
Evangelical leaders and scholars have gathered periodically to declare their concern about God's good Creation and to lay the foundations for authentically biblical and Christ-centered understanding of earth care. In 1993, the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation was signed. Decades earlier, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) passed resolutions on Ecology (1970) and Environment and Ecology (1971). In June 2004, EEN and NAE, together with Christianity Today magazine sponsored a retreat for evangelical leaders at Sandy Cove, Maryland, that led to the creation of the Sandy Cove Covenant.
The Evangelical Environmental Network, founded in 1993, is an evangelical ministry dedicated to the care of God's Creation. EEN seeks to equip, inspire, disciple, and mobilize God's people in their effort to care for God's Creation. EEN's ministry is grounded in the Bible's teaching on the responsibility of God's people to "tend the garden" through a faithful walk with Christ. EEN publishes and develops scripturally based materials for churches, ministries, families and individuals. EEN bases its ministry on the premise that Creation care is truly a matter of life and that pollution harms the vulnerable, especially children.
Evangelical leaders and scholars have gathered periodically to declare their concern about God's good Creation and to lay the foundations for authentically biblical and Christ-centered understanding of earth care. In 1993, the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation was signed. Decades earlier, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) passed resolutions on Ecology (1970) and Environment and Ecology (1971). In June 2004, EEN and NAE, together with Christianity Today magazine sponsored a retreat for evangelical leaders at Sandy Cove, Maryland, that led to the creation of the Sandy Cove Covenant.
The Evangelical Environmental Network, founded in 1993, is an evangelical ministry dedicated to the care of God's Creation. EEN seeks to equip, inspire, disciple, and mobilize God's people in their effort to care for God's Creation. EEN's ministry is grounded in the Bible's teaching on the responsibility of God's people to "tend the garden" through a faithful walk with Christ. EEN publishes and develops scripturally based materials for churches, ministries, families and individuals. EEN bases its ministry on the premise that Creation care is truly a matter of life and that pollution harms the vulnerable, especially children.