Accra, Dec. 2, GNA – The 2nd National Creation Care Conference has been held with a clarion call on churches and Christian groups to foster creative care culture among members.
This year’s conference on the theme: “Stewarding Our Planet for Future Generations; Creation Care as a Faith Mandate,” aimed to empower faith leaders to lead the transformation in preserving the environment.
Stakeholders at the three-day conference spent time refining the National Creation Care Framework, which would be the primary document to be used by all churches.
Reverend Seth John Acquaye, World Vision’s West African Faith & Development Advisor, emphasised the importance of the conference in addressing environmental degradation and climate change issues.
“Following a successful first conference in which we developed a national framework, it was important to build more consensus at this year’s conference and gather more views from stakeholders.
“This united effort from churches to mitigate climate change issues is very commendable, and I consider it a positive collaboration in promoting ecumenism.
“Looking at the various denominations at the conference attests to the proactiveness by the church and sustaining the earth for the future as the Bible states,” he said.
Rev. Acquaye noted that the steps being taken by churches to address climate issues were globally acknowledged, with the needed support being provided to help their efforts.
Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Yaw Blasu, co-covernor of the National Creation Care Conference, said the conference was to complete the unfinished agenda of last year by reviewing the framework.
He said that the creation care culture was a call on human beings to rethink and reinvigorate their inner predisposition to take action to sustain the environment.
“So, developing a creation care culture implies that Christians first rethink our relationship with God and his created earthly environment.
“We must recall and posit in our inner mind that humans are relational beings in an interconnected environment and that we are part of nature,” said Rev. Dr. Blasu.
He urged churches to preach more about creation care in their sermons, Bible students, and special teachings for the love and fear of God.
Some partners of this year’s National Creation Care Conference include World Vision Ghana, Challenge Enterprises of Ghana, the Church of Pentecost, A Rocha Ghana, and the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission, and Culture.
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