Our Mission
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Mission
Restoring
Eden makes hearts bigger, hands dirtier, and voices stronger
by encouraging Christians to learn to love, serve, and protect
God's creation.
Restoring Eden is not a traditional ministry -
we are less about membership and programs, and more about a
conversation and a community that lives out the biblical mandate
to "speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves" (Proverbs
31:8) as advocates for natural habitats, wild species and indigenous
subsistance cultures.
"In wisdom you made them all, the earth is full of your creatures." Psalms 104:24
Our Work
As
such, Restoring Eden is a network of people working to become a
grassroots movement within the church. As a
parachurch ministry, we are dedicated to encouraging faithful
stewardship of the natural world as a biblical, moral, and wise
value. This is also a very neglected part of the
conversation and life of the church today.
Our work can best be divided into three catagories
- Nature Appreciation
- Environmental Stewardship
- Public Advocacy
Nature Appreciation
We start by encouraging nature appreciation as a traditional spiritual discipline within the Christian church -- a discipline sadly in need of rediscovery. As Christians, we need to learn to see the wisdom and goodness of God revealed in the created order around us. Scripture is full of examples of encounters with God occuring in the midst of the wonder of nature - from Abraham, to Moses, to David, to Jesus.
Environmental Stewardship
When you appreciate something, you want to take care of it, and God's creation is no different. In our own lives, we can take can take care of what He has made by doing any number of things. From recycling to bicycling, Restoring Eden is excited to share steps that households, churches, businesses, and schools can take to more lovingly steward creation.Public Advocacy
Working
together, we can make your voice stronger by helping you speak out
for those who can not speak for themselves. The forests, animals,
birds, fish, entire ecosystems, and other wild species have no voice in
our modern political arena. We must be that voice. Even native peoples
often have little voice.
Restoring Eden focuses on advocating
for these marginalized groups. We call it, "taking care of the least of
these." We also facilitate practical service projects that directly
benefit the creation and the indigenous peoples that rely on healthy
natural resources.
If we do not speak the truth that God loves his creation--who will?
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