I wanted to share info from the 202nd General Assembly (1990). The Presbyterian Church has been concerned for God's Creation and the lack of Justice as a result of man's abuse of the land, for longer than most members are aware.
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Excerpted from the 202nd General Assembly (1990) Report: “Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice.” More information can be found here, including how to get a copy of the the full report.
“Creation cries out in this time of ecological crisis . . . Therefore, God calls the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to:
respond to the cry of creation, human and non-human;
engage in the effort to make the 1990s the ‘turnaround decade,’ not only for reasons of prudence or survival, but because the endangered is God’s creation; and
draw upon all the resources of biblical faith and the Reformed tradition for empowerment and guidance in this adventure.
“The church has powerful reason for engagement in restoring God’s creation:
God’s works in creation are too wonderful, too ancient, too beautiful, too good to be desecrated.
Restoring creation is God’s own work in our time, in which God comes both to judge and to restore.
The Creator-Redeemer calls faithful people to become engaged with God in keeping and healing the creation, human and non-human.
Human life and well-being depend upon the flourishing of other life and the integrity of the life-supporting processes that God has ordained.
The love of neighbor, particularly ‘the least’ of Christ’s brothers and sisters, requires action to stop the poisoning, the erosion, the wastefulness that are causing suffering and death.”
“Therefore, the 202nd General Assembly affirms that:
... Earth-keeping today means insisting on sustainability – the ongoing capacity of natural and social systems to thrive together – which requires human beings to practice wise, humble, responsible stewardship, after the model of servanthood that we have in Jesus. ...”
I thought you might find this of interest.
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