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The Evangelical Climate Initiative Seeks National Legislation to Reduce
Emissions

New Poll Results Show Broad Evangelical Support For Effort

WASHINGTON, A group of more than 85 influential
evangelical leaders released a statement today expressing a biblically driven
commitment to curb global warming and called on the government to enact
national legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that are contributing
to global climate change.

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Evangelical Leaders Call Global Warming a Moral and Spiritual Crisis

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"We recognize that no one denomination owns the Gospel," said
Campbell. "The most important step that
can be taken at the federal level," the statement reads, "is to pass and
implement national legislation requiring sufficient economy-wide reductions in
carbon dioxide emissions through cost effective, market-based mechanisms such
as a cap-and-trade program.
Rev. In the future, global warming puts at risk our
longstanding efforts to help the poor."
The text reads in part: "With the same love of God and neighbor that compels
us to preach salvation through Jesus Christ, protect unborn life, preserve the
family and the sanctity of marriage, defend religious freedom and human
dignity, and take the whole Gospel to a hurting world, we the undersigned
evangelical leaders resolve to come together with others of like mind to pray
and to work to stop global warming.

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Calling on Leadership from Government and Business
For the first time , a major evangelical group is calling on the U. Leith Anderson, senior pastor of Wooddale Church near Minneapolis and
former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said, "When a
major challenge like this is recognized, leaders must lead.

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The Foundation, which was funded through the sale of a radio
station owned by the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, is
distinguished by its commitment to make grants to ministries outside
of its own denomination."

Concern for Impacts on People, Especially the Poor
The statement highlights a strong concern for the impact global warming
will have on people, especially poor nations and individuals.

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The newly-launched
Foursquare Foundation expects to make a $100 million investment in
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The signers include Rick Warren, author of the runaway best seller, The
Purpose Driven Life, and the leaders of the two largest charitable
organizations in the country: Rich Stearns , president of World Vision, and
Commissioner Todd Bassett, national commander of The Salvation Army .
Citing higher sea levels, more frequent heat waves and droughts, increased
tropical diseases , and reduction in agricultural output as likely results of
"even small rises in global temperature ," the statement declares: "This is
God's world, and any damage that we do to God's world is an offense against
God himself."

Advertising Campaign
The Evangelical Climate Initiative also announced an advertising campaign
that will present the themes of the climate statement through a series of
national television, radio, and print ads, beginning with a full-page ad in
The New York Times February 9.ChristiansAndClimate.

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LOS ANGELES----A new foundation is
planning a big-money investment in evangelism. Greg Campbell. Ron
Sellers, president of Ellison Research, said that 70 percent of the
evangelical respondents said they believed global warming would pose a serious
threat to future generations.
"This is a positive step based on the hope that God will help Americans
lead on this issue," Borgdorff said."
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consequences of global warming," the statement reads, "will hit the poor the
hardest, in part because those areas likely to be significantly affected first
are the poorest regions of the world.

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In addition, "63 percent of evangelicals
believe that while global warming may be a long -term issue, the problem is
being caused today, so we must start addressing it immediately," Sellers said.

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Poll Results Indicate Growing Evangelical Concern
The group also announced that a new poll by Ellison Research showed strong
concern among evangelicals for responsible care of the environment.

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International awards will be made over the course of the next year.

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S. "As signatories, we are committing
ourselves to use our influence as evangelical leaders to focus attention and
prompt action of Christian believers to work to limit the emissions that are
contributing to disastrous climate change. With God's help
we can make a difference.

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Peter Borgdorff, head of the Christian Reformed Church, said the
statement was notable because of its Christian foundation and motivation, and
the specificity of its call for personal and government action on the issue of
climate change."
Jo Anne Lyon, executive director of World Hope International, said: "The
evangelical community has worked in poor countries for many years, spending
billions of dollars to help people meet their basic needs and to share the
Good News about Jesus Christ.

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Other signatories include denominational leaders Jack Hayford (Foursquare
Gospel), Peter Borgdorff (Christian Reformed Church), and Berten Waggoner
(Vineyard), as well as David Neff, executive editor of Christianity Today, and
Duane Litfin, president of Wheaton College."
The statement , Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action, establishes
that Christian moral convictions demand a response to the climate change
problem, and calls on governments, business, churches and individuals to play
a role.

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"The Foursquare Foundation is dedicated to worldwide,
interdenominational evangelism ," said Foundation executive director
Dr.
The document outlining theological and policy imperatives , issued by the
Evangelical Climate Initiative, was signed by leaders of evangelical Christian
denominations , mega-church pastors, Christian college presidents, and CEOs of
major evangelical world relief organizations .

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"We want to invest our funds to expand the reach of
leaders and ministries with proven track records of introducing people
to Jesus Christ.

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In an effort to make the grant application universally
accessible and increase the ease with which an individual or
organization can apply for funding, the Foundation is offering an
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The Foursquare Foundation is a charitable foundation of the
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.org

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"Our goal is to fund Christian evangelism with the greatest
potential for impact--regardless of whose name is on the letterhead.
government to establish limits on emissions ."
The Evangelical Climate Initiative is a group of more than 85 evangelical
leaders who - - as a result of their commitment to Jesus Christ and concern for
His creation -- have signed the statement entitled Climate Change: An
Evangelical Call to Action; it represents their efforts (signatories sign as
individuals, and not as spokespersons for their respective organizations) to
encourage action by evangelical Christians and all Americans to make life
changes necessary to help solve the global warming crisis, and to advance
legislation that will limit emissions, while respecting economic and business
concerns.

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The Foundation's target goal is that 90
percent of funds will be distributed to Foursquare-affiliated
ministries while ten percent of grant awards will fund ministries
outside of the denomination."

Quick Facts about the Foursquare Foundation

The Foundation will employ a web-based grant application
process to speed grant making

Foursquare Foundation is headquartered in Los Angeles

Grant applications are available at
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The print ad has a partial list of the signatories and is headlined: "Our
commitment to Jesus Christ compels us to solve the global warming crisis.