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The LWCCN Story:
Uniting Christians for Creation Care across continents

LWCCN (Lausanne / World Evangelical Alliance Creation Care Network) began following the 2010 3rd Lausanne Congress in Cape Town which declared “creation care is a gospel issue within the Lordship of Jesus Christ.”

In 2012 a global consultation of leaders in Jamaica produced the Jamaica Call to Action, summoning the worldwide church to respond urgently and biblically to the ecological crisis. This led to 12 regional conferences covering the whole world from 2014-2022 each looking at ‘God’s Word, God’s World and God’s Work’.

LWCCN now includes people from 100+ countries. Following the 2024 4th Lausanne Congress in Seoul, we held a Global Creation Care Forum with delegates from every part of the world. This produced the Korean Invitation, giving biblical foundations and practical implications for creation care.

LWCCN Leaders: Catalysing Biblical Creation Care

United in purpose, diverse in expertise —meet the team guiding our global movement

Dave Bookless

(Lausanne Movement)
Rev. Dr. Dave is the Head of Theology for A Rocha International, which works to live out God’s calling to care for creation ​and equips others to do likewise across six continents. Rev. Dr. Dave teaches and writes globally on creation care. His biblical overview on creation care, Planetwise (IVP, 2008), has been translated into several languages, and he’s also written and contributed to over 20 other books, including Lausanne’s Creation Care and the Gospel. Rev. Dr. Dave has a PhD in the Bible and wildlife conservation from Cambridge University. Born and raised in India, Dave is married to Anne and they live in multicultural Southall, London, where they jointly pastor an Anglican church.
Learn more about A Rocha

Benita Simon Mendoza

(Lausanne Movement)
Benita is an indigenous Mayan Kaqchikel woman. She shares her life with Jeison Rodriguez, and together with their little baby, they make community life in Guatemala. She feels called to address issues related to environmental restoration and youth work. She has facilitated workshops and training on environmental issues from and for different Christian organizations. Currently, she coordinates Rujotay – a local initiative in her hometown – where they develop contextualized environmental education projects, collective composting, local advocacy and family farming alternatives.
Learn more about Rujotay

Jasmine Kwong

(Lausanne Movement)
Jasmine is a creation care advocate with OMF International and based in the Philippines. With a background in conservation biology and community development, she often works in the intersections between people and the natural world. Her particular interests are in food security and marine conservation.
Learn more about OMF

Chris Elisara

(WEA)
After growing up in New Zealand Dr. Elisara moved to the United States to undertake graduate studies at Eastern University (MBA) and Biola University (Ph.D.), where in 1995 he and his wife Tricia founded the first Christian undergraduate environmental study abroad program, entitled the Creation Care Study Program (CCSP), with campuses in Belize and New Zealand.  In 2010 Dr. Elisara founded the Center for Environmental Leadership before being invited in 2012 to start the WEA’s Creation Care Task Force.
Learn more about the CCSP

Mission Agencies in Creation Care (MACC)

We are a network of mission agencies, part of the body of Christ. Caring together for creation is one expression of sharing and living out the Good News, so that people come to know the Creator who can transform all of life—our own, our organisations, and the communities and places where we serve.

We gather to encourage and learn from one another, share stories and resources, pray together, and seek how the Lord leads us towards co-labouring in this area.

We currently have representatives from the following agencies: OM, TEAM, OMF, BMS, YWAM, Latin Link, Reach Global, Interserve, CFMI, SIL, SEND, SIM, AIM and Bible Society.

ICETE Impact Team

ICETE (the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education) includes around 850 bible schools, seminaries and theological programs around the world. The ICETE Impact Team on Creation Care in Theological Education includes about 40 leaders from 6 continents. It is seeking to:

  • Survey the current provision of creation care teaching as part of the formation of Christian leaders around the world.
  • Share existing resources and good practice, particularly encouraging experiential (head-hearts-hands) approaches to biblical earthkeeping
  • Create, translate and adapt resources to different contexts as needed.
  • Help train those teaching creation care as part of theological formation.
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