As people of faith, Lutherans are called to protect the environment for the wellbeing of all living creatures. This call to care for creation can be found in Scripture such as Genesis 1:28-29: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion of the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
This call is reflected in the ELCA’s 1993 Social Statement, “A Social Statement on Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope and Justice”:
“Caring, serving, keeping, loving, and living by wisdom—these translate into justice in political, economic, social, and environmental relationships. When we act interdependently and in solidarity with creation, we do justice.”
LOPP-CA’s focus areas of food and farming, water justice, and racial justice are the places where we advocate for policies that sustain creation.