New Global Statement on Creation Care: Good News For All The Earth

The Korean Invitation was drafted at the Global Creation Care Forum (GCCF) held in Gonjiam, South Korea, 28th September – 2nd October 2024. It was proposed by the leadership of the Lausanne / World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network (LWCCN), comprising Dave Bookless (UK), Jasmine Kwong (Philippines), Benita Simon Mendoza (Guatemala) — all Lausanne Catalysts for Creation Care — and Chris Elisara (USA/NZ), WEA Special Envoy for Environment, Climate, and Cities. The editorial group comprised Dave Bookless (UK), Rei Lemuel Crizaldo (Philippines & WEA Theology Commission), Sara Kaweesa (Uganda), Juliana Morillo-Horne (Colombia) and Laura Meitzner Yoder (USA).

The content and structure of the Korean Invitation were discussed during several sessions of the GCCF and then continued using Google Docs, with input from nearly 150 in-person and online delegates during and after GCCF. Delegates came from 40+ countries in every inhabited continent, most of whom had also attended the Fourth Lausanne Congress in Incheon, South Korea.

Titled Good News for All The Earth: The Korean Invitation to Respond to the Gospel, the statement invites the global church to affirm that God's good news is for all the earth, and to respond in repentance, prayer and action. It builds on previous key documents including The Lausanne Covenant, The Manila Manifesto, The Cape Town Commitment, The Gospel and the Future of Cities, The Jamaica Call to Action, and the twelve LWCCN regional consultations on Creation Care and the Gospel. It is deeply rooted in Scripture, and invites the church to take joy in creation while prophetically addressing today's ecological crises.

The Invitation calls Christians to urgent action across seven areas of life: a renewed relationship with God's created world, personal lifestyles, churches and Christian organisations, workplaces, communities, wider society, and global ecological concerns such as the just transition from fossil fuels and support for those communities suffering the worst impacts of nature's destruction.

You can read the full text of the statement, and add your name in an individual or organizational capacity, on the Good News for All the Earth: The Korean Invitation page.