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Evangelical Perspectives on Creatures
Resolution of the Christian
Environmental Council of the Evangelical Environmental
Network on the Care and Keeping of Creation and
its Living Species
The Christian Environmental Council of the Evangelical
Environmental Network resolves:
Whereas the Scriptures declare the Earth is the
Lord's and all that dwells within it (Psalm 24:1);
and
Whereas the Lord shows concern for every creature
(Matthew 6:26);
and
Whereas these and other scriptural grounds have
been elaborated more fully in the Evangelical
Declaration on the Care of Creation which is attached
and made part of this resolution; and
Whereas the Endangered Species Act, in the quarter-century
since its passage by the Congress of the United
Sates, has proved to be a flexible and effective
aid in slowing and averting the extinction of
living species; and
Whereas the Congress of the United States is responsible
for the reauthorization, funding and implementation
of the Endangered Species Act,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
1. The Christian Environment Council at its annual
session on October 21, 1995 at Pike National Forest,
Colorado supports a strong and effective Endangered
Species Act; and
2. The Christian Environmental Council, opposes
any Congressional action that would weaken, hamper,
reduce or end the protection, recovery and preservation
of God's creatures, including their habitats,
especially as accomplished under the Endangered
Species Act;
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AND BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED:
The Christian Environmental Council urges Congress
to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, and
to provide additional funding support for endangered
species recovery so the Act may be even more effective
in preserving God's creatures in this nation and
through out the world.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 21st day of October 1995,
by unanimous vote.
Calvin DeWitt
President of the Council
Susan Drake
Recording Secretary
For additional information on evangelical perspectives
and activities relating to living species, see:
-
"Opportunity Knocks on Capitol Hill" by Joe Sheldon,
in Creation Care, Summer 2004
- Articles in the Spring
2004 issue of Creation Care on
biodiversity and endangered species
- "The Price
of Gopher Wood," "The Beauty
of the Beast" and "Science,
Religion and the Endangered Species Act,"
by Calvin DeWitt
- How
Noah's Ark was Nearly Scuttled, Outside,
March 2001
- All
God's Creatures, NewsHour Online (PBS),
June 2, 1996
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