This month’s Lausanne Global Analysis has a piece by veteran missionary and pastor Tim Carriker that puts the recent Amazon fires in perspective: The 2019 dry-season Amazon fires drew attention from political leaders and church organizations worldwide, not only because of their number and intensity, but also due to their […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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With regret, and after careful discussion and prayer, we have taken the decision to postpone the planned Lausanne / WEA Creation Care Network Conference for the Middle East & North Africa region, which was due to be held in Anafora, Egypt from April 29th – May 3rd 2020. As you […]
Pentecostalism, theology and creation care might be a surprising combination to some. Not any more! Last September a conference in Quito Ecuador brought together more than 500 Pentecostals to “to promote theological and ecclesial action in the Latin American context around the central theme of commitment to the care, preservation […]
The Jamaica Call to Action is one of the longest-lived conference calls-to-action that we know of. Written over five days in November, 2012, it remains the main guiding document for the evangelical creation care movement around the world. We have recently upgraded the online version of the Call to Action […]
The simple answer is… we don’t know how the present situation might affect our upcoming conferences. As of now, plans are proceeding for our next two events, Egypt (for Middle East/North Africa) 29 April – 3 May and Romania (for East and Central Europe) 12-16 October. At this time, if […]
Climate Caretakers, a US-based ministry of Care of Creation, is offering a different sort of spin on the idea of fasting for Lent. If you sign up for their ‘Carbon Fast‘ they will send you an email each week offering ideas and suggestions as to how you can fast in […]
We knew things were greening up in the Church of England when Ruth Valerio was asked to write a book on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Saying Yes to Life! was released at the end of last year and is available both in hardcopy and Ebook formats. C of […]
Christian Climate Action, a Christian group mostly based in the UK and Europe, has launched a “40 Days of Climate Action” campaign for Lent this year: The campaign gets underway on Ash Wednesday on 26 February with a vigil outside Westminster Cathedral at midday that will then process to Westminster […]
The Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network has been running a Global Campaign for Creation Care and the Gospel since 2012. Each regional conference is designed to reach approximately 10 countries that share culture, language and have common environmental challenges. Since 2012, the Global Campaign has held 10 regional conferences. The campaign […]
The first Ecology meeting in Russia took place in Saint-Petersburg on 22nd January, 2020, sponsored by Hodos Institute. Pavel Kolesnikov, Lausanne Regional Director for Eurasia, sent us this report: HODOS Institute, under the leadership of Alexander Negrov, was the one to organize the event. The following representatives participated in the «Creation Care and […]