The Anglican Church of Canada is taking steps towards a green revolution it hopes will sweep across 1,700 parishes nationwide.
The Partners in Mission and Eco-justice (PIMEJ) of General Synod will launch a national database this year to provide information on eco-friendly and energy-efficient Canadian Anglican parishes, including how they became green. It is hoped that sharing their stories will help other parishes to do the same.
One of the fastest ways to get me to leave a Church is to “green it”.
Give me a general message on comprehensive stewardship — of the earth, of time, treasure, etc. and I will listen. I’m all for measures that will help a parish work more efficiently, especially in terms of operating costs. Set up a recycling program, sure! I’m for it. Get up a clothing drive for the poor to keep good but outgrown clothing out of land-fills — definitely.
However:
Sell out to a politically correct message crouched in culturally relevant buzz words and terms (such as “climate justice”), and I will tune you out. Telling me God is a ‘greenie’ is just as bad as preaching God is a democrat or a Republican (or “Conservative” or “Labour”).
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not all ‘green’ measures will work in churches: for example, it’s already been shown that CFL bulbs do not work well in larger worship spaces, particularly when the need is there for adjustable lighting.
Peace in Him
Jim <><
More injection into the church of a secular agenda that displaces/replaces The Great Commandment and The Great Commission.
When Christ returns, this “green” agenda will not be relevant.
What will be relevant to our Salvation are our relationships to God and to each other as summarized in The Great Commandment and earlier specified in greater detail in the Ten Commandments.
And I don’t recall that making an idol of the Earth or any of its physical features or of any of its creatures is part of either specification.