Dr. Richard Cizik, vice president of Governmental Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, is set to speak at Lee University on Jan. 31, as the university's keynote speaker for Focus the Nation, an effort involving over 1,000 other colleges and universities trying to raise global warming awareness.
Dr. Cizik's primary responsibilities include editing publications such as NAE Washington Insight and directing NAE's Washington Insight Briefing and Christian Student Leadership Conferences. Dr. Cizik also sets NAE policy direction on issues before Congress, the White House, and Supreme Court, as well as serving as a national spokesman on issues of concern to evangelicals.
Dr. Cizik believes it is imperative for evangelicals to take responsibility for the Earth through the cause he calls “Creation Care," or the belief that this is God's world.
"We have come to conclude, as evangelical leaders, that we can collaborate with environmentalists on good science, good public policy, to control GHG emissions,” said Dr. Cizik. “We have decided as evangelical Christians that we can and must work together with environmentalists for the sake of the Earth.”
For more information on Focus the Nation, please visit www.focusthenation.org. For more information on Lee University's involvement, please visit http://www.leeuniversity.edu/events/focus-the-nation/.