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\u201cThere is nothing that unites a group of people more than working together on a shared and urgent task<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rev. George Macleod, founder of the Iona community<\/p>\n

Having looked at the actions we can take individually to prepare for a lean energy future, in this chapter we look at what our church communities could do.\u00a0 Our experience is that the issues explored in this book are not on the radar of most churches.\u00a0 Even churches that have some interest in environmental issues have often not connected with peak oil and its implications.\u00a0 There are perhaps two main reasons for this:\u00a0 Firstly, they may simply be unaware of them \u2013 as are many if not most of the wider population.\u00a0 Secondly, they may not view issues of resource constraints as \u201cspiritual\u201d issues which churches should get involved in.\u00a0 As we have tried to make clear throughout this book, the shortfall in future energy supplies will cause a considerable challenge to our lives in many areas, and churches will not be exempt from the effects.\u00a0 We believe that energy constraints will provide the context for our lifestyle in the years ahead.\u00a0 How we \u201cdo\u201d church will inevitably be affected:\u00a0 We will still be worshipping the same unchanging God, but the ways we have become used to doing this will almost certainly have to change.\u00a0 The ministry of Christians and the church, both in our own country and overseas, is likely to change too, as different needs arise, and different constraints affect us.<\/p>\n

The wider challenge for the church is not just to adapt to the changing circumstances that peak oil will force upon us, but also to recognise that the church has been part of the problem.\u00a0 Most Christians and churches have been full participants in the dominant culture of consumerism, globalisation and economic growth, not questioning it in any meaningful way.\u00a0 Peak oil will fundamentally undermine this paradigm and therefore challenge not just our society, but our faith.\u00a0 We need prophetic voices pointing out to us how our attitude to, and our behaviour toward God\u2019s world and its resources have been infected by the dominant world-view, and we need teaching which guides us into different ways of thinking and living.<\/p>\n

Chapter 12.\u00a0 No oil in the lamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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