We're not interested in being the shock troops for the Green Party. Care for creation has become a central element of religious life. But many evangelicals are skeptical of the idea of Christian environmentalists. Gary Phillips, a Methodist minister and environmentalist in Chatham County, N.C., says that non-Christian conservationists are also leery of evangelical environmentalists. I try to get them to look at the full breadth of spirit as part of their work and overcome their resentments against the right-wing Christian church.
Environmental people are scared to death of religious people.
N.C. The mission's board agreed on March 7 to begin looking into the logistics of moving the red brick house from the old PTL property in Fort Mill, S.C., to the mission's property near Ericsson Stadium. Executive Director Tony Marciano says the mission wants to reopen the house to the public, perhaps as a museum dedicated to the Charlotte native. He says no mission money will be used for the project. One of the first orders of business will be to begin discussing the move with officials at Regent Carolina Corporation, owner of the property where the Graham house stands. Charlotte Rescue Mission is a residential Christian recovery program for 140 homeless men and women struggling with drug and alcohol abuse.