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The following resources will help you and your church work for social justice in your community.
A Matter of Stewardship: Eco-justice in Biblical Perspective ( 672 KB PDF )
For too long the debate over environmentalism has been vague, politicized and polarizing. This six-session study, which is designed for either personal or group use, explores the call to stewardship as it was first given to us. Recognizing that we do not need to adopt a secular view of the environment to justify care for the planet, participants are invited to set aside preconceptions and ask the question: “What does it mean that God created the world and invited human beings to ‘have dominion’ (Genesis 1:26) and to ‘till and keep the garden’ (Genesis 2:15)?”. Therefore, this study is not just for—or even primarily for—those who have committed to environmentalism. It is for all Christians who seek to understand and be faithful in our role as the “crowned ones” (Psalms 8) within creation. The hope of the study is that participants with varying viewpoints would walk together through a process that will move them beyond inflammatory language to reclaim fellowship with each other and bear witness together to a distinctly biblical view of creation
and our role within it.
“A Matter of Stewardship” PowerPoint group study aid
The following PowerPoint presentations can serve as a teaching aid for groups participating in the six-session study of “A Matter of Stewardship: Eco-justice in Biblical Perspective.”
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ABHMS supports passage of National Criminal Justice Commission Act
with representation at D.C. event
As a proponent of social justice, American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) is aligned with a goal of The Faith in Action Criminal Justice Reform working group and was represented when the group flew religious leaders from throughout the United States to Capitol Hill in June 2011 to support that goal.
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