(Be Gregg Brekke, Presbyterian News Service). The Presbyterian Church (USA), via its Office of Public Witness, has joined 30 other faith communities endorsing a letter to President-elect Trump urging him and his administration to prioritize issues of climate change, the environment and justice.
Saying the group believes “the United States can and must play a leadership role in addressing these environmental challenges which threaten our planet, our security, the health of our families, and the fate of communities throughout the world,” the letter asked the new administration to work across party lines to “safeguard God’s creation, address the impacts of climate change on our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.”
Key policy areas identified for action by the faith communities are greenhouse gas emissions, energy—specifically clean energy production, just transition and job creation in pursuit of a clean energy economy, climate finance, upholding international climate commitments, preserving public and sacred lands, safeguarding American Indian and Alaska Native rights, protecting endangered species, ensuring humane U.S.-Mexico border policies, and a renewed commitment to ensure all communities have access to clean, safe and affordable drinking water.
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This is the biggest bunch of malarkey I have ever read, how about protecting the unborn, or taking in persecuted Christians, protecing our borders or finishing the oil pipelines for US energy independence, protecting the rights of evangelicals just for starters, if you want to know whats wrong with America well they laid it out for you in spades. WOW
It’s not hard to see why the PCUSA is disappearing. I agree 100% with the comment above. Whatever happened to preaching the Gospel and salvation of the souls of men. Addressing the non-issue of global warming doesn’t have anything to do with eternal life which is what we should be focusing on. How about getting back to the basics as expressed in John 3:16.
Again, it is not their business to use our money and speak on our behalf for causes which we may or may not support – I agree with some of these and not with others – but either way, they have no right – no God-given right – to say that they do – and for those congregations who are being told they “can’t” leave, for heaven’s sake, walk away – you don’t have to call yourselves Presbyterians to worship God.