“What Would Jesus Drive?” Road Tour

Evangelical Environmental Network
Austin, TX - Washington, D.C.

In 2003, the Rev. Jim Ball, Executive Director of the Evangelical Environmental Network, and his wife, Kara, made an 11-city, eight-state, "What Would Jesus Drive?" tour of the Bible Belt that began at the First Baptist Church in Austin, Texas, and ended at Riverside Baptist Church in Washington, D.C.

Rev. Ball spoke at a wide variety of events, including worship services, adult education classes, church suppers, a clergy breakfast, and a Vacation Bible School. He also spoke on numerous Christian radio programs.

The traveling portion of the tour concluded with a booth at the Creation Festival in Pennsylvania, the largest Christian music festival with over 50,000 in attendance.

“If all of our Tour experiences taught us anything it is this: the message of the WWJDrive Campaign is sound,” Rev. Ball says.

“Once we reviewed how the Bible proclaims Jesus Christ to be Creator, Savior, Sustainer, and Reconciler of all things, of how his Lordship includes our transportation choices, of how Jesus taught us to love our neighbors, and how pollution is contrary to all of these things, people came to a fuller realization of the basis for our campaign. Once we explained that our driving is having harmful consequences -- human health impacts, global warming's threat to the poor, and our oil dependence -- people understood more fully how reducing our pollution and getting better gas mileage are part of loving our neighbor and protecting creation.”