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TechnoratiCizik called moral beliefs and personal actions two sides of the same “spiritual coin,” and criticized what he called a “Dalmatian theology” – where a person is inconsistent in their belief on an issue.
“You can’t say the unborn in the womb that are threatened by abortion are more worthy of our attention than the unborn in the womb who are damaged by the environment,” Cizik said. “How can you say that?
“Are some babies in the womb more worthy of our protection than others? I don’t think so. They are all worthy of our protection.”
The evangelical leader, who had a “conversion” to creation care in 2002 at a climate change conference, predicts that evangelicals will “absolutely” look at a presidential candidates’ stance on environmental issues when casting their vote.
NAE has increasingly promoted creation care to its members through doctrines, organizing events, and through Cizik’s nationwide speaking engagements.
“Let’s face it, evangelicals are the go-to religious community on policy issues relative to creation care and the environment and we want our churches to likewise in their community to be faithful witnesses on matters concerning stewardship of the earth,” the NAE vice president said.
“In doing so they open the hearts of otherwise secular people to the Gospel in ways heretofore they didn’t consider.”
The NAE, which represents some 30 million evangelicals, has urged member congregations to take the Energy Star Challenge and reduce their churches’ energy use by ten percent or more.
On the Web: www.energystar.gov/congregations
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