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Read our 5-page Christian education pamphlet on threats and opportunities for God's ocean creation.

Christian Leadership Spotlight

North Carolina Church Wins Ocean-Friendly Award 

God's Ocean and Christian Faith

God's creation is wonderfully complex, interdependent, and beautiful. When one views an image of God's earth from outer space, what is most striking is the abundance of water. Throughout both the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, water plays a significant role in helping us understand the nature of God. If fact, the Bible includes over 500 references to the word "water." In the first chapter of Genesis, God first separates the waters into those from above and those from below by forming the solid dome called the sky. then, god creates the earth out of the waters. Only after the water is in place does God put vegetation, animals, and other creatures on the earth. Genesis 1:20 teaches the creation literally comes out of the waters. This ancient narrative is uncannily similar to modern understanding. Science confirms that life as we know it first arose in the water, and in particular, the oceans. Care for God's oceans is an expression of reverence for the cradle of life out of which God created all.

In the News

Protecting Climate is a God-Given Duty (The Greenville Reflector) 12.18.20 by Casey Perry, Director of Camp Caroline

Christmas is a time to imagine how people can work together to address threats to a warming climate (The Invading Sea) 12.24.20 by Pastor Kipp Nelson

Advocacy Spotlight

Creation Justice Ministries worked closely with religious community leaders in the New England region to protect the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

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photo credit: NOAA

A Graneledone verrucosa octopus on Bear Seamount. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Deep Connections 2019

photo credit: Brian Skerry