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Technorati“If you live in an area with poor environmental health, that impacts your health and that has a lot to do with our health care system,” Joyner argues. “Environmental degradation and poverty are very, very closely linked. You see often times it is the most impoverished communities that have the greatest environmental degradation.”
Joyner said she doesn’t think there is any way to rank the issues, and leaves it up to each person and their relationship with God.
“But I, certainly as a young Christian, say it is up there on what will determine how I will vote,” she said.
Other issues discussed during the conference included the theological and scientific basis for Christ-centered creation care; campus and urban community gardening; how to conduct your own energy audit; how to create sustainable environments in your own hometown; and how to discuss a more Christ-centered creation care philosophy in a secular age and to a skeptical church.
Some of the conference speakers included the Rev. Dr. Joel Hunter of Northland Church in Orlando, Fla.; Chris Haw, theologian and author of the book Jesus for President; and Peter Illyn, executive director of Restoring Eden ministry.
Renewal is sponsoring a Day of Prayer next Wednesday, Oct. 29, for Christians that are involved in the creation care movement.
Joyner says the Day of Prayer will focus on three prayer points:
• Repentance – Christians should have led this movement decades ago, but instead neglected God’s creation • Wisdom – Christian leaders need God’s wisdom to learn how to best steward the Earth • Leadership – Creation care leaders that are guided by God, united and Christ-centered.
Renewal is a grassroots network that started about 2 months ago with 12 Christian and recent graduates from across the country. The student-led network does not have college chapters but rather is a participatory organization.
Charter members of the network include groups from Dordt College in Iowa, Eastern University in Pennsylvania, Messiah College in Pennsylvania, Redeemer University College in Canada, Trinity Western University in Canada, Westmont College in Canada, and Wheaton College in Illinois.
