“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
the world, and those who live in it” (Psalm 24:1).
“Then God said, ‘Let us make humankindin our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth,and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’” (Genesis 1:26).
God, the Creator of all living things, has given us a special responsibility to care for our environment. Yet, again and again, human beings live in ways that are destructive of creation. Let’s honour the value of the earth and the life sustained on our planet. Let’s care for the environment in ways that are honouring to God.
The following resources are available for you and those in your ministry setting as you seek to live responsibly in God’s creation.
- Creation Care: Prayer Guide
- Environment: Worship Aids
- Taking Responsibility for the Earth: A Bulletin Insert
- Environment: A Small Group Study
- Environment: Additional Resources
- “A Call for Climate Justice” (a piece from the International Social Justice Commission)
- “Live Simply…So Others May Simply Live” (a Think-piece courtesy The Salvation Army New Zealand’s Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit)
- SA Kids: The Environment (a “green” website for kids courtesy The Salvation Army UK)
- position statement: Responsibility for the Earth
