Astoundingly as it may seem to me, some poeple do not consider climate change to be a moral issue that the church should address, stating taht the church's mission is to Isaiah 61 the whole place, preaching good news to the poor etc. Others, most notably bible belt right wing US evangelicals, but not exclusively these , consider that since the earth is essentially a horrid and evil place fom which we wil be liberated , addressing climate change is not important.
According to new research by Christian Aid, 182 million people in sub saharan Africa could die from disease directly related to climate change.
1 - 8 - 2 MILLION poeple. Say it. Try and count it.
E.g.#1 Tanzania; risign temperatures enable malaria carrying mosquitoes to spread and survive in more regions.
This is before we consider the twin threat of drought and famine to a subsistence community.
In short, I propose that we stand up and realise the ecological debt we owe to the developing world, that which we burdened the planet with when we devleoped unchecked throughout the industrial revolution, and campaign as hard as we can to bring God's equity to this situation as we have over third world economic debt.
Your status in Christ does not guarantee you a middle class existence.
Matt
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4 comments:
Amen!
second that ; )
third it.
ok so how do we campaign for all we're worth?
1. Encourage companies to cut GHG emissions
2. Run seminars at church highlighting the issue as a discipleship one, not just an opt in.
3. Combat the problem with some serious christ inspired science
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