Southern Baptists Go Green

Politics Environment  President of Southern Baptist Convention declares biblical duty to stop global warming.
by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, March 10, 2008 - 10:48 am CST Last Updated: Mon, March 10, 2008 - 11:00 am CST
NEW YORK (AP) - A group of Southern Baptist leaders are taking a
major shift on their global warming stance.
The group released a declaration yesterday signed by the
president of the Southern Baptist Convention among others that says
their denomination has been "too timid" on environmental issues
and has a biblical duty to stop global warming.
It explains a growing urgency about climate change even within
groups that once dismissed claims of an overheating planet as a
liberal ruse.
The signers of "A Southern Baptist Declaration on the
Environment and Climate Change" say they do not expect fellow
believers to back any proposed solutions that would violate
Scripture, such as advocating population control through abortion.
The conservative denomination based in Nashville, Tenn., has
16.3 million members and is the largest Protestant group in the
U.S.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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