The WEA Creation Care Task Force will be hosting one of Habitat’s upcoming Urban Thinkers Campuses in two weeks. An excellent opportunity for LWCCN members who are working in cities to join with others in thinking through how Covid-19 is affecting our communities and how to respond.
Regions and Countries: Covid-19
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Renew Our World has today released an important statement regarding humanity’s relationship with nature (God’s creation), along with a video interview with Dave Bookless.
In a recent interview with UK Channel 4, Jane Goodall puts her finger on the heart of our Covid-19 problem: “We have disrespected animals, and we have disrespected the environment.”
Our friends at Tearfund UK have done a superb job producing and translating a number of different resources for churches and individuals during this time of crisis. Here’s the resource page, and TF’s introductory comments: At Tearfund, we want to equip churches to respond biblically and holistically to the Covid-19 […]
This handout by Ruth Valerio and Gordon Heugh of Tearfund looks to be quite useful in processing what is happening in our world from a Christian perspective. Read it and if appropriate, pass it along to your church leaders and friends:
The Club of Rome recently released an Open Letter to Global Leaders in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Here is the heart of their message, with which we fully agree: Covid-19 has shown us that overnight transformational change is possible. A different world, a different economy is suddenly dawning. […]
Dave Bookless’ excellent blog on “What Virus Are You Spreading?” is going viral (haha). If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth reading. …if there’s much we can learn from the suffering and limits imposed by COVID-19, how can we virally encourage the positives? At the risk of being simplistic, the […]
Colectivo Evangelico Defensores de la Creacion, an Evangelical group in Peru, has issued a statement regarding Covid-19 in the context of this month in which we will be marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Without putting aside the serious threat that the pandemic Covid-19 represents for mankind, as well […]
An excellent webinar on “rethinking our People & Planet partnership in light of Covid-19
Earlier this week a number of leaders of the Lausanne Movement joined for a time of reflection and fellowship concerning the Covid-19 crisis. A recording of that call is available below. Ed Brown’s comments on the environmental implications are at about 23:30: