Last year The IPC Board issued a press release commending the National Evangelical Association for taking a courageous stand on global change. We defended the Rev. Richard Cizik, who lead the effort, from the attacks of religious ultra-conservatives like the Rev's Falwell, Dobson and Robertson who called upon the NAE to fire the Rev. Cizik, claiming that global climate change was not a moral issue.
I note in recent articles that both the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the Roman Catholic Church under leaderhip of Pope Benedict and the Vatican's second highest ranking official now publically state their support for global climate change initiatives.
A NY Times article of March 10th, notes that the SBC under the leadership of 25 year old Jonathan Merritt, (son of past SBC President Rev. James Merritt) the spokesman for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative, and a seminarian at the S.B. Theological Seminary "said the declaration was a call to all Christians to return to a biblical mandate to guard the world God created". The Southern Baptists have apparently joined the rising tide of evangelicals who are calling for action to save our environment. The article also "noted the initiative marked the growing influence of younger leaders on discussions in the (SBC)".