Resources
ACCN does not necessarily endorse all the views of the resource page writers,
but much of the material is beneficial for helping us to tend God’s creation.
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.” (Romans 1:20)
HOW CAN WE USE GOD’S CREATION TO SHARE THE LOVE OF CHRIST?
God gives general revelation through His Creation, showing His divine nature and character to draw hearts closer to the Lord that we might fully believe in Him. As we engage people in His Creation and share the specific revelation of Jesus Christ, we are able to lead them into a relationship with Him.
Learn
Here are some organizations with excellent resources, activities, and training to help ignite and equip you in becoming a faithful steward of Creation.
Lausanne Global Classroom: Creation Care Study Guide helps fulfill the goal of engaging the church in various aspects of creation care, and seeks to inspire young leaders, established leaders, churches, organizations, and movements to understand the importance of creation care in all their ventures.
Eco Church - A Rocha USA is launching Eco Church to assist churches in integrating care for God’s whole creation into congregational life.
Young Evangelicals for Climate Action seeks to organize and empower young Christians in the US to help the church leaders support responsible creation care.
Climate Stewards - Learn about your carbon footprint and offsetting option
The Evangelical Environmental Network - Equips, educates, and mobilizes evangelical Christians to love God and others by rediscovering and reclaiming the Biblical mandate to care for creation and working toward a stable climate and a healthy, pollution-free world.
Engage
How YOU can get involved in creation care:
Explore - Worship God and experience His creativity and beauty outside
Pray - Ask God to draw you to Him as you spend time in Creation
Reflect - Use the ACCN Creation Care Devotional
Learn - Discover ways your church can be involved
Join - Become a part of the ACCN and our monthly Zoom calls
Engage - Get involved in stewardship projects in your area
Check out the resources below from Katherine Booth with Be a Good Neighbor to the Lagoon, and recent speaker on the Anglican Creation Care Network’s monthly zoom calls.
Save Our Native Oaks, written piece with citations
Trifold Brochure on Oak Trees
Watch & Listen
Here is a selection of podcasts and videos that may be informative.
2022 ACCN Pre-Conference - Anglican Creation Care network launch at the 2022 New Wineskins Global Mission Conference
2022 ACCN MAP Talk - Anglican Creation Care talk and network launch at the 2022 New Wineskins Global Mission Conference
Creation Care - Ed Brown, Dave Bookless, and Las Newman
Field Notes Podcast - A Rocha International
Creation Care - What Do Christians Have to Do with Creation?
Environmental Stewardship - Sandra Richter
The Biblical Basis for Creation Care - Jonathan Moo
Creation Care is More than Planting Trees - Ed Brown
Global Weirding - Katherine Hayhoe
On God’s Green Earth - Documentary video on climate change
The Biblical Foundations of Creation Care - A Rocha International
An Introduction to Creation Care - A Rocha International
Climate Vigil - Album by The Porter’s Gate
Doxecology - Album by Resound Worship
"God made me" - Slugs and Bugs (children's songs) by Randall Goodgame
Recommended Reading
Choose from the following written works to increase your knowledge of Creation Care.
The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry (2003)
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care by Steven Bouma-Prediger (2010)
Our Father's world: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation by Edward R Brown (2018)
Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible by Ellen F. Davis (2008)
Under the Bright Wings by Peter Harris (2000)
Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World by Douglas J. Moo (2018)
Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters by Sandra L. Richter (2020)
John Stott on Creation Care by R. J. (Sam) Berry and Laura S Meitzner Yoder (2021)
The Birds, Our Teachers: Essays in Orni: Biblical lessons from a lifelong bird-watcher by John Stott (2008)
Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating by Norman Wirzba (2019)
Agrarian Spirit: Cultivating Faith, Community and the Land by Norman Wirzba (2022)
This Sacred Life: Humanity’s Place in a Wounded World by Norman Wirzba (2021)
Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship by Fred H. Van Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon, and Raymond H. Brand (1996)
Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss (2020)
God Doesn’t Do Waste by Dave Bookless (2010)
Planetwise: Dare To Care For God's World by Dave Bookless (2008)
Following Jesus in a Warming World by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap (2023)
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard by Douglas Tallamy (2020)
Blogs & Articles
Lauzanne Movement Infographic: God has commanded us to (Creation) Care
Why should wild nature be preserved? A dialogue between biblical theology and biodiversity conservation – Thesis by David John Charles Bookless (2019)
Creation at the Crossroads - A Consultation for Christian Pastors and Church Leaders run with the Loka Initiative and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sustainable alternatives - A list of eco-friendly swaps you can make in your kitchen, bathroom, pantry, and other household items to reduce impact and support companies who strive to improve livelihoods of workers and the environment
Launching of the Anglican Creation Care Network - Julie Atkins (ACCN member)
Faith for Earth - A United Nations program working to "encourage, empower and engage with faith-based organizations as partners toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”
A Creation Care Meditation - Julie Atkins (ACCN member)
A song of Creation: Benediction - Julie Atkins (ACCN member)
Caring for God’s Creation On Earth Day, And Every Day - ACCN Earth Day 2023 blog post
The views of partners and resource links on the webpage of the Anglican Creation Care Network (ACCN) do not necessarily reflect the Biblical theology statement of faith of the ACNA or ACCN.
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