Baptists, Methodists Join Call for Time Out

The Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas is urging lawmakers to slow down the permitting process and take a comprehensive approach to state energy planning. BGCT Executive Director Dr. Charles Wade points out that people of faith are familiar with the call to respond to acts of nature, but that we can see the Texas energy discussion as an opportunity to exercise proactive environmental stewardship.

"In New Orleans this month, we have been reminded again of nature's power as tornadoes struck an already damaged city. And in Texas, we have been reminded that we have a stewardship of creation that none of us can ignore," says Wade.

Dr. Charles Wade's article "Matters of Nature, Matters of Prayer"

In their annual consensus policy statement, United Methodist Women representing the state's six annual conferences said the state should avoid taking a wrong turn on coal plants. The UMW and other women's groups around the nation have expressed special concern about the impact of coal pollution on children's health.

Nationally, several denominations have made special statements regarding coal mining, especially the "mountaintop removal" mining that is being implemented throughout Appalachia. For examples of denominational statements on mountaintop removal mining, see

http://www.ilovemountains.org/resolutions