Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative

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Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative
By: Jon Dougal - Tuesday, March 7, 2006

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Laurie Goodstein reports in the New York Times that:

"86 evangelical Christian leaders have decided to back a major initiative to fight global warming, saying "millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors."

The presidents of 39 evangelical colleges are among signers of the statement, which will be released in Washington on Wednesday, Feb 15, 2006, as well as leaders of aid groups and churches, like the Salvation Army, and pastors of megachurches, including Rick Warren, author of the best seller "The Purpose-Driven Life."

"For most of us, until recently this has not been treated as a pressing issue or major priority," the statement said. "Indeed, many of us have required considerable convincing before becoming persuaded that climate change is a real problem and that it ought to matter to us as Christians. But now we have seen and heard enough."

But many vary high profile Christians went on record to derail such action. Twenty-two of them signed a letter in January 2006 stating that, "Global warming is not a consensus issue." These signers included Charles W. Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship Ministries; James C. Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family; and Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.