Christian radio station drives home false gospel say campaigners
-08/03/06
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Christian radio station drives home false gospel say campaigners
-08/03/06
Green Christians have rebuked a Christian radio station for a stunt designed to ‘spread the gospel’.
Premier Radio have designed their own brightly coloured taxi to tour around central London, with its radio tuned into the station’s frequency.
The cab driver offers literature and answers questions from passengers on Christianity and the station’s output.
Painted bright blue and green, the cab carries Premier’s frequencies and their slogan ‘Inspiring, uplifting, rejoicing radio’.
However, Christians concerned about the environment have thrown their hands up in horror.
The move by the radio station comes at a time when many Christians are trying to show that the gospel is about care for the planet. Last week Christians met with the Prime Minister to discuss climate change and organised a “speed carbon dating” event in Westminster aimed at politicians. Evangelicals in the US too have recently repented of their previous neglect of the environment.
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In the capital where Premier is based, the London Sustainability Exchange recently encouraged 90% of worshippers at the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets to adopt greener lifestyles. The Turkish community in Enfield are likewise adopting eco-friendly practices to green their lives. LondonScare, the coalition of Anglican Churches in London have produced a booklet called ‘Caring for God’s World’ and are actively promoting green lifestyles in all of London’s Anglican Churches through meetings and debates as well as practical action. Faith Sustains, a grass roots Christian campaigning group in London, is also finding ways to reduce CO2 emissions to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has pledged £22 million to invest on improving London’s environment and tackling climate change.
Laura Deacon from Christian Ecology Link told Ekklesia; “Premier Christian Radio seem oblivious to all this vitally important action to preserve the planet for future generations.
“They are driving round London in their own specially designed taxi as a way of teaching people about Christianity. What does this teach us about Christianity? For a start, that for Christians it is all right to go about polluting the air, using up precious and limited resources, adding to congestion, and ignoring the consequences of our behaviour.
“The really ‘good news’ for Christians is that God became a human, part of the natural world, so that “matter, matters to God”. In other words, how we treat the environment, matters to God! If the Incarnation teaches us anything, it is that we are to care for the natural world, of which Jesus, ourselves, the air, the soil, and all living creatures, are a part.
“If Premier Christian Radio really want to show people what Christianity is about, then I suggest they lead by example. Let your evangelical tool be a bike, or a fleet of bikes. Or better still, walk and meet the people of London where they are, on the street, and talk with them there.”
Christian radio station drives home false gospel say campaigners
-08/03/06
Green Christians have rebuked a Christian radio station for a stunt designed to ‘spread the gospel’.
Premier Radio have designed their own brightly coloured taxi to tour around central London, with its radio tuned into the station’s frequency.
The cab driver offers literature and answers questions from passengers on Christianity and the station’s output.
Painted bright blue and green, the cab carries Premier’s frequencies and their slogan ‘Inspiring, uplifting, rejoicing radio’.
However, Christians concerned about the environment have thrown their hands up in horror.
The move by the radio station comes at a time when many Christians are trying to show that the gospel is about care for the planet. Last week Christians met with the Prime Minister to discuss climate change and organised a “speed carbon dating” event in Westminster aimed at politicians. Evangelicals in the US too have recently repented of their previous neglect of the environment.
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In the capital where Premier is based, the London Sustainability Exchange recently encouraged 90% of worshippers at the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets to adopt greener lifestyles. The Turkish community in Enfield are likewise adopting eco-friendly practices to green their lives. LondonScare, the coalition of Anglican Churches in London have produced a booklet called ‘Caring for God’s World’ and are actively promoting green lifestyles in all of London’s Anglican Churches through meetings and debates as well as practical action. Faith Sustains, a grass roots Christian campaigning group in London, is also finding ways to reduce CO2 emissions to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has pledged £22 million to invest on improving London’s environment and tackling climate change.
Laura Deacon from Christian Ecology Link told Ekklesia; “Premier Christian Radio seem oblivious to all this vitally important action to preserve the planet for future generations.
“They are driving round London in their own specially designed taxi as a way of teaching people about Christianity. What does this teach us about Christianity? For a start, that for Christians it is all right to go about polluting the air, using up precious and limited resources, adding to congestion, and ignoring the consequences of our behaviour.
“The really ‘good news’ for Christians is that God became a human, part of the natural world, so that “matter, matters to God”. In other words, how we treat the environment, matters to God! If the Incarnation teaches us anything, it is that we are to care for the natural world, of which Jesus, ourselves, the air, the soil, and all living creatures, are a part.
“If Premier Christian Radio really want to show people what Christianity is about, then I suggest they lead by example. Let your evangelical tool be a bike, or a fleet of bikes. Or better still, walk and meet the people of London where they are, on the street, and talk with them there.”