UPDATED MAY 19, 2008: Global warming is moving from a scientific issue to a religious and political debate with the power to influence votes and public policy.

What’s new

• On May 15, 2008, evangelical pastors, scientists and policymakers launched the “We Get It” campaign, which calls for Christians to be good stewards of creation but rejects government policies on global warming that are based on “faulty science.” Its supporters include the Ethics and Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Family Research Council, the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, and the Institute on Religion & Democracy. Read a May 16, 2008, Baptist Press article.
• On March 10, 2008, 46 leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention — including its president and other prominent leaders — released a statement saying Baptists have a moral responsibility to combat climate change.
• On Jan. 17, 2007, leading scientists and evangelical leaders plan to announce that they will work together to combat global warming, despite their differences. See a Jan. 15, 2007, CNN story.
• Evangelical Christians – who wield power through their increasing numbers and political influence – made headlines by joining the many faith groups expressing concern about climate change. The Evangelical Climate Initiative – including megachurch pastors, presidents of Christian colleges, and other leaders – issued a manifesto called “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action.” While liberal and moderate faith groups have long embraced environmental concerns, many conservative Christians have considered the scientific evidence inconclusive and called steps to reduce greenhouse gases unwarranted, detrimental and, in some cases, unrelated to religious obligation. Evangelical leaders’ high-profile campaign against global warming, however, revealed that sharp disagreement still exists among some in this group. Experts say the divided opinions among evangelicals may be key to political action on global warming.

Two high-profile films and a television special have explored global warming.

• Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth brought the message of climate change to commercial theaters over the summer. During the first week of October, thousands of congregations across the country sponsored showings of the film as part of “Spotlight on Global Warming,” a campaign of the Regeneration Project.
• On Nov. 3 a second documentary, The Great Warming, will open in theaters. It’s endorsed by religious groups including the Evangelical Environmental Network. Narrated by stars Keanu Reeves and Alanis Morissette, it includes an interview with Richard Cizik, vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals and a major voice supporting “creation care,” a favored Christian term for environmental awareness and action. Cizik has written a letter on NAE letterhead that appears on the film’s Web site urging churches to screen the film and join the campaign to reduce global warming. The producers are encouraging congregations of all persuasions to screen the film for their members.
• The Public Broadcasting Service aired Bill Moyers’ report called “Is God Green?,” showcasing environmentally aware evangelicals.

• The issue of global warming has become more prominent as heat waves, cataclysmic storms and melting of polar ice convinced former skeptics of the reality of climate change.
• The religious and political debate may now hold the power to motivate action on a scientific issue that has long been considered settled. The vast majority of mainstream scientists and science organizations have accepted the consensus finding that human activity is causing the earth to grow warmer, and that the results will be harmful – even calamitous – in areas affected by rising temperatures and sea levels, the loss of many species’ habitats, changes in disease epidemiology, and many other aspects of life. Despite criticism from a small minority of scientists, the consensus suggests that the evidence warrants steps to slow the warming trend by reducing greenhouse gas emission earth.

The evangelical divide

Experts say that religion’s influence may now the leading edge of the global warming debate. Evangelicals are key because they are the most reliable bloc of support for the Bush administration, dependably voting Republican based on an array of social issues. Until recently, the environment did not figure among the policy priorities that concerned these voters. With the Evangelical Climate Initiative, however, climate change became the first social issue to split the solid conservative consensus in support of Bush administration policies and, in some cases, even to bring conservative evangelicals into coalition with liberals.

The extent and effects of this shift are as yet unclear, but some observers suggest they could be potentially significant. If any substantial number of evangelical voters begins to cast ballots on the basis of environmentalism, they could erode the most solid section of the Republicans’ electoral base. But even if their voting habits do not change, their concern for global warming could push the Bush administration to alter its policy. Some rumors have suggested that President Bush will make a dramatic “Nixon-goes-to-China” style about-face on climate policy, though many observers believe that unlikely.

The evolution of evangelicals’ stands on the environment:
• During the 1990s a pair of competing statements on Christians’ relationship with the environment focused attention on the issue. In 1994 “An Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation” asserted a Christian responsibility for “creation care.” In 1999 the Cornwall Declaration answered with a defense of the concept of human dominion over the earth and the importance private property rights trumping government regulations.
• As evidence of global warming mounted and many former skeptics – including religious broadcaster Pat Robertson – became convinced of the reality of climate change, discussion focused more sharply on what people are doing to the climate and what, if anything, Christians ought to do about it.
• On Feb. 8, 2006, the Evangelical Climate Initiative issued “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action,” signed by many prominent evangelicals. The signers did not include National Association of Evangelicals president Ted Haggard and Richard Cizik, both of whom have expressed support for environmental action, however, because they said the NEA was split on the issue. The statement argues that:

• On July 25, 2006, a group called the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, also including many prominent conservative evangelicals, issued a counter-manifesto, “An Open Letter to the Signers of ‘Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action’ and Others Concerned About Global Warming” as a reply to the Evangelical Climate Initiative statement. The alliance also issued “A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming.” ISA argues that:

• Two areas of debate have emerged.

Meanwhile, three-quarters of evangelicals said they favor such actions as slowing climate change or preventing development of wild areas, according to a survey released in February 2006. A quarter are strong supporters of environmental action and more than half found support for environmentalism in their Christian beliefs. Though fewer than a fifth feel well versed in the science, two-thirds believe that climate change is happening and 70 percent see it as a significant danger over the long term. More than 60 percent support taking steps to stop it, and half favor doing so even if the cost is high.

Why it matters

Care for God’s Earth is a shared concern among major religious traditions. The environmental movement, for years, has been drawing an increasing number of religious people from a variety of faith traditions. That suggests that care of the Earth is one issue that could unite people of faith across religious divides. However, divided opinions among evangelicals and the debut of two documentary films which likely appeal to different ends of the liberal-conservative religious spectrum show that faith groups are far from unified on environmental concerns.

Questions for reporters

• What are the attitudes of evangelical Christians in your area regarding the issue of climate change? Are churches taking action on the issue? How? Do churches oppose action? If so, what form does their opposition take?
• Have houses of worship screened The Great Warming and An Inconvenient Truth in your area? What’s been the reaction?
• Have congregations in your area become “green”? If so, what sort of policies, programs or activities have they adopted?

National sources

SCIENTIFIC
• Michael Oppenheimer is Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs at Princeton University and a member of the Panel on Climate Variability and Change of the National Research Council, a private nonprofit that provides science advice under a congressional charter. Contact 609-258-2338, omichael@princeton.edu.
• Daniel Schrag is a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Contact 617-495-7676, schrag@eps.harvard.edu.
• Dennis L. Hartmann is a professor and chairman of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, and was chairman of the National Academies Panel on Climate Change Feedbacks. Contact 206-543-7460, dennis@atmos.washington.edu.
• Lynne D. Talley is a professor of physical oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego. Contact 858-534-6610, ltalley@ucsd.edu.

RELIGIOUS

SUPPORTERS OF THE EVANGELICAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE STATEMENT
• The Rev. Rick Warren is senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., author of national best seller The Purpose-Driven Life (Zondervan, 2002) and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 949-609-8000.
• The Rev. Jim Wallis is founder and editor of Sojourners, a progressive evangelical magazine in Washington, D.C., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact through Jack Pannell, 202-745-4614, media@sojo.net.
• The Rev. Leith Anderson is a former president of the National Association of Evangelicals, senior pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minn., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 952-944-6300.
• The Rev. David S. Dockery is chairman of the board of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities and president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn. He signed the ECI statement. Contact 731-668-1818.
• The Rev. Jim Ball is executive director of the Evangelical Environmental Network in Wynnewood, Pa. He signed the ECI statement. Contact 800-650-6600, een@creationcare.org.
• David Neff is editor of Christianity Today in Carol Stream, Ill., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact through Michael Herman, 630-260-6200 ext. 4309 or 630-803-9432 (cell), mherman@christianitytoday.com.
• Bishop James D. Leggett is general superintendent of International Pentecostal Holiness Church and chairman of Pentecostal World Fellowship in Bethany, Okla. He signed the ECI statement. Contact 405-787-7110 ext. 3302, JLeggett@iphc.org.
• The Rev. Richard Cizik is vice president for governmental affairs of the National Association of Evangelicals in Washington, D.C. Contact 202-789-1011, govaffairs@nae.net.
• J. Matthew Sleeth is a physician and author of Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Chelsea Green Publishers, 2006). Contact through Alice Blackmer, 703-443-9418, blackmer@chelseagreen.com.

NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ECI STATEMENT
• E. Calvin Beisner is an associate professor of social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He is author of Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry Into the Environmental Debate (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans/Acton Institute, 1997) and co-author of A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming (Interfaith Stewardship Alliance). He is a founder and national spokesman of the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance and a founder of the Interfaith Council on Environmental Stewardship. He did not sign the ECI statement. Contact 954-771-0376, cbeisner@KnoxSeminary.edu.
• The Rev. Robert A. Sirico is president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and a signer of the Cornwall Declaration, which calls concerns about manmade global warming “unfounded or undue.” Contact 616-454-3080, rsirico@acton.org.
• The Rev. Louis P. Sheldon is chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, Washington, D.C. He signed a letter to National Evangelical Association president Ted Haggard urging that NEA not take “any official position on position” on global warming. Contact 202-547-8570.
• Robert Royal is president of the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., and a signer of the Cornwall Declaration. Contact 202-289-8775, info@frinstitute.org.
• The Rev. Richard John Neuhaus is editor in chief of First Things, president of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York, N.Y., and a signer of the Cornwall Declaration. Contact 212-627-1985.
• James Dobson is founder, former president and chairman of the board of Focus on the Family. He signed the Cornwall Declaration. Contact Nima Reza, 719-548-4570.
• The Rev. D. James Kennedy heads Coral Ridge Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He signed the ISA “Open Letter.” Contact through John Aman, 954-334-5330.
• Richard Land is president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, based in Nashville, Tenn. Contact through Jill Martin 615-782-8417, jmartin@erlc.com.
• Richard Roberts is president of Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Okla. He signed a letter to National Evangelical Association president Ted Haggard urging that NEA not take “any official position on position” on global warming. Contact 918-495-6549.
• Donald E. Wildmon is chairman of the American Family Association in Tupelo, Miss. He signed the Cornwall Declaration, which calls concerns about manmade global warming “unfounded or undue.” Contact through Diane O’Neal, 662-680-3886.

National organizations

EVANGELICAL
• The Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative released “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change” on March 10, 2008. Contact national spokesman Jonathan Merritt through Mitch Leff at 404-861-4769, mitch@schroderpr.com or Amber Rigsby at 678-644-7249, amber@schroderpr.com.
• The Evangelical Climate Initiative is sponsor of “An Evangelical Call to Action” and TV spots supporting efforts to stop global warming. Contact through media coordinator Jim Jewell, 678-458-9837.
• The Evangelical Environmental Network in Wynnewood, Pa., is a coalition of groups that publishes Creation Care magazine, supports the 1994 Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation and supports the “Healthy Families, Healthy Environment” and “What Would Jesus Drive?” campaigns. Contact 800-650-6600, een@creationcare.org.
• The Interfaith Stewardship Alliance is a coalition of scientists, clergy and others “bringing a proper and balanced Biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development,” according to its Web site. It backs the Cornwall Declaration. Contact through Melinda K. Ronn, 917-743-7836, MelindaKayRonn@aol.com.

OTHER CHRISTIAN
• The Rev. Sally Bingham, an Episcopal priest, leads the Regeneration Project, which sponsored “Spotlight on Global Warming,” a program that showed the film An Inconvenient Truth in thousands of congregations of all faiths across the country during the first week of October 2006. It also sponsors the Interfaith Power and Light program, which fosters statewide coalitions of congregations of all faiths to work on the issue of global warming. The Regeneration Project is based in San Francisco. Contact 415-561-4891, info@theregenerationproject.org.
• Cassandra Carmichael is director of the National Council of Churches’ Eco-Justice Working Group, whose Climate and Energy Campaign includes coalitions in 14 states. Contact 202-544-2350, info@nccecojustice.org.

INTERFAITH
• Paul Gorman is founder and executive director of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, based in Amherst, Mass. The partnership, which claims to represent 100 million Americans, is an alliance of major faith groups and denominations across the spectrum of Jewish and Christian communities and organizations in the United States. It includes the U.S. Catholic bishops, the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life and the National Council of Churches. Contact 413-253-1515, nrpe@nrpe.org.
• Laurel Kearns leads the American Academy of Religion’s Religion and Ecology Group. She is associate professor of religion and environmental studies at Drew Theological School and Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University in Madison, N.J. Contact 973-408-3009, lkearns@drew.edu.
• The Forum on Religion and Ecology wants to establish religion and ecology as an area of study and research in universities, colleges, seminaries and other religiously affiliated institutions. The forum arose out of a series of conferences on the world’s religions and ecology that were hosted by the Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions; the site lists experts on religion and ecology from different faiths and different disciplines, with contact phone numbers. Contact the co-founders: Mary Evelyn Tucker, a visiting professor at Yale University, at metucker@religionandecology.org, and John Grim, also at Yale, grim@religionandecology.org.
• The Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship supports the 1999 Cornwall Declaration and states that “our religious beliefs are being used to justify misguided environmental policies that are often based on unsound science and faulty economic reasoning.” Contact info@stewards.net.

JEWISH
• Barbara Lerman-Golomb is executive director of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, based in New York. The coalition has been concentrating on fuel economy and climate change, and also will be focusing on power plants and on children’s environmental health. It has regional chapters. Contact 212-532-7801.

MUSLIM
• Fazlun Khalid directs the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences in Birmingham, England. He co-edited Islam and Ecology (Cassell Academic, 1992). Our Planet posts an August 1996 article he wrote on the Islamic approach to environmental protection. Contact ahlan@ifees.org.
• Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a world-renowned scholar on Islam, teaches Islamic studies at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. His writings include Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man (Kazi Publications, 1997). Contact 202-994-5704, zsirat@gwu.edu.

BUDDHIST
• Stephanie Kaza is associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont in Burlington, where she teaches courses on religion and ecology, including Buddhism and ecology, and on environmental philosophy. She is a practicing Soto Zen Buddhist and co-edited Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (Shambhala, 2000). Contact 802-656-0172, skaza@zoo.uvm.edu.
• Kenneth Kraft is professor of religious studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., where he teaches about Buddhism and ecology. His books include, as author, The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path (Weatherhill, 1999), on spiritual responses to social and environmental issues; and, as co-editor, Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism (Shambhala, 2000). Contact 610-758-3370, klk2@lehigh.edu.

HINDU
• Vasudha Narayanan is a professor of religion at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She specializes in Hinduism and the environment. Contact 352-392-1625, vasu@ufl.edu.

Background

• Bill Moyers posts a page on his recent PBS broadcast, “Is God Green?” about disagreements among evangelicals about environmental concerns. It includes to links to resources on religion and the environment, including all the major evangelical statements.

SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS
• Read Understanding and Responding to Climate Change, a March 2006 booklet by the National Academies summarizing information from various National Research Council and National Academies reports on the causes and effects of climate change and possible remedies.
• Read a December 2004 article, “The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change,” in Science, the nation’s leading scientific journal.

NEWS ARTICLES
• Read an Associated Press story about evangelicals’ new embrace of environmental issues, posted Sept. 8, 2006, by WTopNews.com.
• Read a July 10, 2006, article in The Oregonian, “Religion and Global Warming,” about the increasing interest of young evangelicals in climate issues.
• Read a June 30, 2006, Religion News Service article, “Democrats, Evangelicals Team Up on Global Warming,” about a potential new alliance based on the climate change issue. The story is posted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
• Read an April 12, 2006, Wall Street Journal article, “Climate of Fear,” by Richard Lindzen, an MIT atmospheric science professor. Lindzen is skeptical about the consensus on the effects of global warming, although he accepts that human activity has contributed to the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

POLLS AND SURVEYS
• Read a survey of evangelicals’ opinions on climate change and the environment. The study, conducted in September 2005 and released in February 2006, was designed by Ellison Research of Phoenix, Ariz., and funded by the Evangelical Environmental Network.
• PollingReport.com posts public opinion surveys about the government’s handling of environmental issues and global warming.
• Read “Religion and the Environment: Polls Show Strong Backing for Environmental Protection Across Religious Groups,” a fact sheet from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.

EVANGELICAL STATEMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
• “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change” released March 10, 2008, by the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative.
• Read “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action,” the statement released Feb. 8, 2006, by the Evangelical Climate Initiative.
• Read “An Open Letter to the Signers of ‘Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action’ and Others Concerned About Global Warming” by the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance.
• Read “A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming” by the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance.
• Read “From Climate Control to Population Control: Troubling Background on the ‘Evangelical Climate Initiative,” a joint paper of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty.
• Read the Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship.
• Read “An Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation” of 1994.

Regional sources

IN THE NORTHEAST
• The Rev. Clive Calver is senior pastor at Walnut Hill Community Church in Bethel, Conn., former president of World Relief and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 203-796-7373.
• R. Judson Carlberg is president of Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact Pat Jones, 978-8670-4037.
• Richard S. Lindzen is Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 617-253-2432, rlindzen@MIT.edu.
• David F. Wells is Andrew Mutch Distinguished Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass. Contact 978-468-7111.

IN THE EAST
• Paul de Vries is president of New York Divinity School in New York City, a member of the governing board of the National Association of Evangelicals and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 212-925-4723 or 917-838-8613 (cell), president@nydivinityschool.org.
• The Rev. Luis Cortés Jr. is president of Esperanza USA in Philadelphia, Pa., host of the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact Krista Poplau, 877-574-5322.
• Harry V. Wiant Jr. holds the Ibberson Chair in Forest Resources Management at Penn State University and is a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 814-865-9602, hvw3@psu.edu.
• David Legates is associate professor of climatology and director of the Center for Climatic Research at the University of Delaware and Delaware State Climatologist. He signed the ISA “Open Letter.” Contact 302-831-4920, legates@udel.edu.

IN THE SOUTHEAST
• Timothy Terrell is associate professor of economics at Wofford College in South Carolina and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 864-597-4570, terrelltd@wofford.edu.
• The Rev. Steve Hayner, former president of InterVarsity, is Peachtree Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact HaynerS@CTSnet.edu.
• Joey Pipa is president of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Taylors, S.C., and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter.” Contact 864-322-2717.
• Gregory V. Hall is president of Warner Southern College in Lake Wales, Fla., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 863-638-7210, hallg@warner.edu.

IN THE SOUTH
• Roy W. Spencer is a principal research scientist at the Earth System Science Center of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 256-961-7960.
• J. Ligon Duncan III is senior minister of First Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Jackson, Miss., president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and adjunct professor at Reformed Theological Seminary. Contact 601-973-9104.
• The Rev. Timothy George is founding dean of Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., executive editor of Christianity Today and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 800-888-8266, tfgeorge@samford.edu.
• The Rev. Dan Boone is president of Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 615-248-1200.
• The Rev. Jeffrey E. Greenway is president of Asbury Theological Seminary inWilmore, Ky., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 859-858-3581.

IN THE MIDWEST
• Kenneth Chilton is director of the Institute for the Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo., and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 636-949-4742.
• Peter J. Hill holds the George F. Bennett Chair of Economics at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. Hill is co-editor of Who Owns the Environment? (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998). He signed the Cornwall Declaration, which calls concerns about manmade global warming “unfounded or undue.” Contact 630-752-5033, P.J.Hill@wheaton.edu.
• The Rev. LeBron Fairbanks is president of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 740-392-6868.
• Blair Dowden is president of Huntington University in Huntington, Ind., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 260-356-4050, bdowden@huntington.edu.

IN THE SOUTHWEST
• Marvin Olasky is editor in chief of World magazine, professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and a signer of the Cornwall Declaration, which calls concerns about manmade global warming “unfounded or undue.” Contact 512-471-1845, molasky@aol.com.
• Kent A. Chambers is assistant professor of chemistry and environmental science at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 325-670-2230 chambers@hsutx.edu.
• Larry R. Donnithorne is president of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colo., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 303-963-3205, ldonnithorne@ccu.edu.
• The Rev. Berten A. Waggoner is national director of Vineyard, USA, in Stafford, Texas, and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 281-313-8463, bertwaggoner@vineyardusa.org.

IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST
• Alan Gomes is professor of historical theology and chairman of the theology department at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, Calif. He signed the ISA “Open Letter,” which argues that the effects of climate change are unlikely to be catastrophic and some may even be beneficial. Contact 800-652-4652.
• Kevin Alan Lewis is assistant professor of theology and law at Biola University in La Mirada, Calif., and a signer of the ISA “Open Letter.” Contact 562-903-6000.
• H. David Brandt is president of George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 503-554-2102, dbrandt@georgefox.edu.
• The Rev. Dwight Burchett is president of the Northern California Association of Evangelicals in Sacramento and a signer of the ECI statement. Contact 916-797-1292, ddburchett@aol.com.