Episcopal Church Statements on the Environment:
1. General Convention Resolution 1991:
(concurring with a previous Anglican Communion resolution from Lambeth 1988)
“There are four inter-related areas in which the misuse of people or resources poses a threat to the life system of the planet, namely:
a. Unjust distribution of the world’s wealth
b. Social injustice within nations
c. The rise of militarism
d. Irreversible damage to the environment
The council encourages people everywhere to make changes, personal and corporate, in their attitudes and lifestyles, recognizing that the wholeness of living requires a right relationship with God, one’s neighbor and creation.”
2. Environmental Ministries
(as posted on their website www.episcopalchurch.org)
“Care and justice for all God’s creation is a core value of The Episcopal Church.
We are called to respect the kinship of all creation through education, advocacy, and action as part of our faith, and to help heal our disconnection from the rest of God’s creation.”
