In 2012 the fledgling global creation care movement met in Jamaica, precipitated by Lausanne 3's Cape Town Commitment's recognition of creation care and the explicit encouragement for other groups to expand on what it had touched upon. That gathering, co-planned with the WEA, produced The Gospel and Care of Creation: A Call to Action statement (AKA the Jamaica Call to Action), and helped launch the global creation care movement that would eventually become the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network (LWCCN).
In late 2023 LWCCN decided that twelve years after Jamaica, and immediately after L4, would be a good time to reconvene the global creation care network to share stories, pray and worship together, and do another round of global strategic planning and movement building. Thus, the Global Creation Care Forum (Sept. 28 – Oct. 2nd, at the Somang Retreat Center in South Korea) was born and planned over 2024. The Sustainability Center's Dr. Samuel Richmond, and WEA Theological Commission Coordinator Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, represented the WEA Sustainability Center at L4 and the Global Creation Care Forum (GCCF). (Dr. Elisara's son was married over that time and could not attend, but he was deeply involved in the planning of GCCF and contributing to the forthcoming statement on creation care.)
Rei Lemuel was a member of the small GCCF team responsible for drafting a new LWCCN creation care statement/invitation entitled Good News for all the Earth — calling the global church to a new, biblical commitment to practical collaborative action in caring for God's world. This new statement, which included inclusive input and review by the creation care leadership community, was introduced at an LWCCN webinar on Dec. 12th sharing highlights and learnings from L4 and the GCCF.
The webinar was offered twice: at 11:00 GMT (06:00 EST) and at 19:00 GMT (14:00 EST) on Thursday, 12 December 2024.
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