Church Statements
Church Statements
The prophets in the Old Testament (Isaiah, Job, Ezekiel…) spoke in the name of God, but their speeches usually displeased the ones in power.
Likewise, it seems normal that a discourse on Christian ecology might irritate certain people, particularly if it is prophetic. The resources on this page are varied, but don’t forget to look a our Books section.
World Council of Churches Declarations
Ecumenical Statements
- Oxford Declaration on Global Warming, Climate Forum 2002
Catholic Church Declarations
- Message for the Celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Francis, 2016
- Laudato Si’: Encyclical on Ecology, Pope Francis, May 2015
- Climate Change and the Common Good, Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences, 2015
- World Day of Peace, Pope Francis, 2014
- Homily at the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Pope Francis, 2013
- General Audience, Pope Francis, 2013
- Evangelii Gaudium (n. 215-216), Pope Francis 2013
- Building a New Culture – Central Themes in Recent Church Teaching on the Environment. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2013
- The Integrity of Creation and the Athabasca Oil Sands, Luc Bouchard: Bishop of St. Paul in Alberta 2009
- The Need for Conversion, Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops 2008
- The Cry of the Earth – Irish Bishops Statement, 2007
- Roman Catholic-Eastern Orthodox Joint Declaration on the Environment, Pope John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
- “Columbia River Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Good”, Bishops Pastoral Letter (2001)
- “We Must Be the Custodians of Nature”, Pope John Paul’s Homily (2000)
- “Celebrate Life: Care for Creation”, Alberta Bishops Letter on Ecology (October 4, 1998)
Anglican Church Declarations
- Partners in Mission & Ecojustice Committee, PMEJ-ACC
- Report #013 to General Synod, PMEJ-ACC
- Anglican, Lutheran leaders offer a pastoral message on climate change, Anglican Church of Canada, 2014
Reformed Church Declarations (United, Lutheran, Presbyterian…)
- A New Creed, The United Church of Canada
- Climate Change, The United Church of Canada
- Creation Stewardship Task Force Report, Christian Reformed Church 2012
Evangelical Church Declarations (Baptist, Pentacostal…)
- Mobilizing God’s People to Care for God’s Creation, Delegates of the 2nd International Conference on God and Creation
- Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation, Evangelical Environmental Network 1994
- Micah Declaration on Creation Stewardship and Climate Change, The Micah Network 2009
- Cape Town Commitment, Lausanne Global Conversation 2010
- Loving the Least of These, National Association of Evangelicals 2011