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TechnoratiBut at the end, the campaign organizers admitted to facing difficulties in how they will get their message out to younger evangelicals, who seem convinced that global warming is real and mainly human-induced.
Beisner said his organization is starting to connect with Christian colleges to give seminar presentations on their view of the environment to students.
Meanwhile, FRC’s Perkins said the campaign needs to find common ground with young evangelicals by focusing on what the Bible says about the environment and the poor.
“We are going to be engaging young evangelicals to view this through the lens of Scripture first and then let’s make our plans second,” Perkins said.
According to the “We Get It!” campaign, Christians need to start by believing that God is creator of all things and that humans are the pinnacle of God’s creation. As a result, humans are responsible for looking out for the environment, but first and foremost for their fellow man, which is the jewel of God’s creation.
Well-known radio host Janet Parshall, a mother of four young evangelicals, shared that she is particularly concerned about getting the issue out to the younger generation.
“That is exactly why we have the ‘We Get It!’ campaign,” Parshall said, “because they didn’t get it.”
“We are afraid that a lot of the young people in that demographic are marching to the tune of a political agenda masqueraded as sound science. So what we really want to do is make sure that they get it, that they get sound science,” she said.
The “We Get It!” campaign has begun a national outreach to pastors, people in the pews, African-American and Hispanic church leaders, youth, artists, homeschoolers, evangelical scientists, congressional and state policy-makers, and other Christian leaders in their effort to gather one million signatures for their declaration on the environment and poverty.
On the Web: http://www.WeGetIt.org
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