INTERNATIONAL
PASTORAL
CARE
NETWORK
FOR
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
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INTERNATIONAL
PASTORAL
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A. To establish an international
network of individual specialists in pastoral care and counseling and of groups within
pastoral care associations who are committed to justice, peace and the integrity of
creation, moving toward wholeness and transformation of life. B. To serve as a channel for communication of news and views on justice, peace and ecological issues among individuals and associations involved in pastoral care in many countries. C. To serve as a network for collaborative action for justice, peace and the integrity of creation among individuals and associations involved in pastoral care across national boundaries. D. To keep the concern for justice, peace and the integrity of creation before individuals in pastoral care ministries, and before national and regional pastoral care associations in the countries represented. E. To relate to the International Council on Pastoral Care and Counseling and to regional committees, to support and maximize the prominence given to justice, peace and integrity of creation issues in the programs of both international congresses and regional conferences. F. To consult with and advise the governing boards and committees of national and regional pastoral care peacemaking groups on matters of international concern and action. G. To sponsor or co-sponsor international conferences and consultations on justice, peace and the integrity of creation as related to pastoral care and/or other helping professions. H. To cooperate with other professional groups with similar purposes.
IN ONE MAN'S WORDS... "The idea of social justice is inextricably linked in the Scriptures with ecology. In passage after passage, environmental degradation and social injustice go hand in hand. Indeed the first instance in the Bible occurs when Cain slays Abel and his blood falls on the ground, rendering it fallow. In today's world, the links between social injustice and environmental degradation can be seen everywhere: the placement of toxic waste dumps in poor neighborhoods, the devastation of indigenous peoples and the extinction of there cultures when the rain forests are destroyed, disproportionate levels of lead and toxic air pollution in inner-city ghettos, the corruption of many government officials by people who seek to profit from the unsustainable exploitation of resources."
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