Sydney Synod has also given its approval to a statement by Darren Mitchell and Dr Karin Sowada on climate change, accepting “the emerging scientific consensus that climate change is occurring”. Synod has agreed that Christians need to respond to the potential problems of climate change by being godly stewards in their personal and communal lives, giving children a biblical understanding of creation and stewardship and encouraging all levels of government to “take climate change seriously and make wise policy decisions to deal with its effects”.
The statement has also put forward the need for environmental policies within each parish and Diocesan organisation with “principles of good environmental stewardship and care”.
However the statement has also called on Christians to take advantage of the opportunities climate change presents in praying for the world, explaining the lordship of Jesus Christ and ministering to “those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as farmers, rural communities, the homeless and refugees”.
What do you think our response should be?
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