Forecast: Famine
Environmental missionaries are those sent cross-culturally to labor with Christ — the Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer of all creation — in caring for the environment and making disciples among all peoples. Photo by Robert Johnson/TEAM
We asked Lowell Bliss to share about the importance of environmental missions. This opinion column appears in the winter 2014 issue of Horizons magazine. In July 2010, missions leaders and environmental experts met in Manhattan, Kansas, for the first Environmental Missions Consultation. A TEAM missionary from the Arab Peninsula attended. Among the work accomplished, a definition was constructed: “Environmental missionaries are those sent cross-culturally to labor with Christ — the Creator, Sustainer and Redeemer of all creation — in caring for the environment and making disciples among all peoples.” Though the event felt inaugural, it’s common knowledge missionaries have been serving through reforestation, sustainable…
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