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On Environmentalism AndEvangelicals
Greensboro, NC -2006WHEREAS, In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1),declared it good (Genesis
1:4,10,12,18,21,32), and it reveals His glory (Psalm 19:1-6);
and
WHEREAS, God created men and women in His image and likeness
(Genesis 1:26-27),
placing them in value above the rest of creation and commanding
them to exercise caring
stewardship and dominion over the earth and environment (Genesis
1:28;cf. Psalm 8); and
WHEREAS, Mankind as free moral agents willfully disobeyed God,
plunging the whole
creation into corruption because of our sin (Genesis 3:1-19),
from which the fallen creation
awaits restoration (Romans 8:19-22); and
WHEREAS, Since the fall into sin, humans have often ignored the
Creator, shirked their
stewardship of the environment, and further defiled the good
creation; and
WHEREAS, Some in our culture have completely rejected God the
Father in favor of
deifying Mother Earth, made environmentalism into a neo-pagan
religion, and elevated
animal and plant life to the place of equalor greatervalue with
human life; and
WHEREAS, The scientific community is divided on the effects of
mankinds impact on the
environment; and
WHEREAS, Some environmental activists are seeking to advance a
political agenda based
on disputed claims, which not only impacts public policy and in
turn our economic well-
being, but also seeks to indoctrinate the public, particularly
students in public institutions;
and
WHEREAS, Environmentalism is threatening to become a wedge issue
to divide theevangelical community and further distract its members
from the priority of the Great
Commission; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention
meeting in
Greensboro, North Carolina, June 13-14, 2006, renew our
commitment to Gods command
to exercise caring stewardship and wise dominion over the
creation (Genesis 1:28); and be
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it further
RESOLVED, That we urge all Southern Baptists toward the
conservation and preservation
of our natural resources for future generations while respecting
ownership and property
rights; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we encourage public policy and private enterprise
efforts that seek to
improve the environment based on sound scientific and
technological research; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That we resist alliances with extreme environmental
groups whose positions
contradict biblical principles (2 Chronicles 19:2)and that we
oppose solutions based on
questionable science, which bar access to natural resources and
unnecessarily restrict
economic development, resulting in less economic opportunity for
our poorest citizens; and
be it finally
RESOLVED, That we not only reaffirm our God-given responsibility
of caring for the
creation, but above all, that we continue to commit ourselves to
the Great Commission to
take the Good News of Jesus Christ to people of every tribe,
tongue, and nation thus
bringing glory to the One who will make all things new at His
coming (Revelation 21:1).
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