Resources

Suggested Reading

The Earth is the Lord's by Richard Land

Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action  by Matthew Sleeth (Zondervan) 

Saving God’s Green Earth: Resdiscovering the Church’s Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship by Tri Robinson and Jason Chatraw (Ampelon)

What We Know About Climate Change  by Kerry Emanuel (The MIT Press) 

Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture  by Michael Frost (Hendrickson Publishers) 

For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care by Steven Bouma-Prediger (Baker Academic) 

Useful Links

Energy Audit for Your Family, from Serve God, Save the Planet

50 Practical Tips for Better Stewardship from  Serve God, Save the Planet

American Scientific Association: A fellowship of Christians in science.  

A Rocha: Christian organization focusing on research, conservation and education. 

Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies: Provides college level programs in biological and environmental studies from a Christian perspective as well as community programming.  

Energy Education, Inc. Provides advice to large churches on how to save energy; worked with Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX and helped them save over $1.3 million in energy costs in the first year.  

EnergyStar The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have a very useful website of free tools and step-by-step strategeis for saving energy and money at home and in churches.  

Evangelical Environmental Network and Creation Care Magazine: Biblically-based environmental organization providing recommendations for church materials, a creation care scripture list, and ideas for individuals and families. 

Floresta: A Christian nonprofit working to reverse deforestation and poverty.

History of Climate Science (highlighting uncertainties and the present partial understanding) by Spencer Weart

In the News

"Green Southern Baptists Avoid Divisive Talk," by Michelle A. Vu, Christian Post, March 11, 2008

"The Greening of the Baptists," by David Van Biema, Time magazine, March 10, 2008

"Southern Baptists Believe in Stewardship," by Jonathan Merritt, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 10, 2008

"Southern Baptists Fight Climate Change," by Rachel Zoll, Associated Press, March 10, 2008

Southern Baptist church distributes lightbulbs in neighborhood outreach (Denver Post story)

Prestonwood Baptist Church Creation Care news coverage

Chuck Colson on Good Stewardship and Global Warming (from Breakpoint)

Charles Stanley’s Life Principles Bible is first “eco-friendly” Bible (Thomas Nelson news release)

Southern Baptist Links

Southern Baptist Convention

Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

International Mission Board

Women’s Missionary Union

North American Mission Board

Baptist Press