From Sampan-National leading Christian clergy from many denominations will meet Saturday in Boston for a “Climate Revival,” proclaiming a moral imperative for Christians to take immediate action on climate change.
Billing itself as “An Ecumenical Festival to Embolden the Renewal of Creation,” clergy will call upon all Christians to care for God’s creation by taking steps to curb climate change.
The assembled clergy believe that climate change is one of the most critical moral justice issues of this millennium. They believe that their actions, and the actions of their respective denominations, will shape public, political, and economic policies that move us from dependency on fossil fuels to clean, safe, renewable energy. The gathered leaders are convinced that successfully tackling climate change depends not only on economic, political, and scientific solutions, but also on encouraging moral and spiritual transformation.
“We depend on a Creator God who leads all persons of faith to a deeper love of God’s creation,” said Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm, Bishop Suffragan (Retired) of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. “God also compels us to advocate strongly and ceaselessly for creation’s protection and renewal.”
Dozens of clergy from around the region and nation will attend and preach, including
The Rev. Geoffrey Black, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ, and
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
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http://sampan.org/2013/04/clergy-and-hundreds-of-christians-gather-for-climate/
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