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	1985 - Missionary Earthkeeping Forum</h1>
<p>
	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Missionary-Earthkeeping-Book.jpg" style="width: 128px; height: 198px; float: right;" />In 1985, Au Sable held a forum on Missionary Earthkeeping, in which scholars and missionaries gathered to discuss how the missionary field could &quot;join biblical teachings on earthkeeping with ecological knowledge to bring Good News to the world - Good News that announces and honors God and Jesus Christ as Creator, sustainer, and reconciler of all things.&quot;&nbsp;The conference was later turned into an edited volume called&nbsp;<a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Missionary_Earthkeeping.html?id=LYhfPgAACAAJ">Missionary Earthkeeping</a>&nbsp;by Sir Ghillean Prance, Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, and Dr. Calvin DeWitt, Au Sable Institute Executive Director and Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp;</p>
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	Conference Proceedings</h3>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}1985-Conference-Schedule-Missionary_Earthkeeping.pdf">Conference Schedule</a></p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}1985-Missionary_Earthkeeping-Abstract.pdf">Conference Abstracts</a></p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}What_is_Missionary_Earthkeeping-Cal_DeWitt.pdf">What is Missionary Earthkeeping?</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, New York Botanical Gardens, New York</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}There_is_an_Environmental_Crisis-Norman_Myers-1985.pdf">Keynote: There is an Environmental Crisis</a>&nbsp;by Norman Myers, Consultant in Environment and Development, United Kingdom</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Missionary_Earthkeeping_Overview-Dennis_Testerman-1985.pdf">Missionary Earthkeeping: An Overview</a>&nbsp;by Dennis Testerman, Missionary Candidate for Pakistan, Presbyterian Church (USA)</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Missionary_Earthkeeping-Ghillean_Prance.pdf">Missionary Earthkeeping: A Case Study in the Tropical Forest</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, New York Botanical Gardens, New York</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Ecofarming_and_Land_Ownership_in_Ghana-Robert_Globus-1985.pdf">Ecofarming and Land Ownership in Ghana</a>&nbsp;by Rev. Robert Clobus, Society of African Missions<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Robert_Clobus-Ecofarming_and_Land_Ownership-Stephen_Monsma-1985.pdf">Response to Clobus</a>&nbsp;by Stephen Monsma, Calvin College, Michigan</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Redeemed_People_Redeemed_Land-Fred_Van_Dyke.pdf">Redeemed People, Redeemed Land</a>&nbsp;by Fred Van Dyke, Fort Wayne Bible College, Indiana<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Fred_Van_Dyke-Redeemed_People-Richard_Hodgson.pdf">Response to Van Dyke</a>&nbsp;by Richard Hodgson, Dordt College, Iowa</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Environmental_Impacts_of_a_Church_Project_in_a_Zairian_Village-Mutombo_Mpanya-DONOTQUOTE.pdf">Environmental Impacts of a Church Project in a Zairian Village</a>&nbsp;by Mutombo Mpanya, The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}From_Salutation_to_Satiation-Leon_Watson-1985.pdf">From Salutation to Satiation, Some Spiritual and Cultural Factors in Conservation Based Development Projects</a>&nbsp;by Leon Watson, Michigan State University</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Gods_Abundant_Resources_for_the_Struggle_Against_World_Hunger-Martin_Price-1985.pdf">God&#39;s Abundant Resources for the Struggle Against World Hunger</a>&nbsp;by Martin Price, Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO), Florida<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Gods_Abundant_Resources-TC_Dent-1985.pdf">Response to Price</a>&nbsp;by Thomas C. Dent, Gordon College, Massachusetts</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Integrated_Holistic_Development_and_the_World_Mission_of_the_Church-Jim_Gustafson-1985.pdf">Integrated Holistic Development and the World Mission of the Church</a>&nbsp;by Jim Gustafson, Center for Church Planting and Church Growth in N.E. Thailand<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Jim_Gustafson-Integrated_Holistic_Development-Jeff_Weidenhauer.pdf">Response to Gustafson</a>&nbsp;by Jeff Weidenhauer, Brethren House Ministries</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Our_Lords_Understanding_of_Nature_and_Local_Culture-Stephen_Smith-1985.pdf">Our Lord&#39;s Understanding of Nature and Local Culture as Illustrated in Parables</a>&nbsp;by Stephen Smith, Trinity Episopal School of Ministry, Pennsylvania<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Stephen_Smith-On_Parables-Loren_Wilkinson.pdf">Response to Smith</a>&nbsp;by Loren Wilkenson, Regent College, British Columbia</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}The_Ecological_Awareness_of_the_Amazon_Indians-Ghillean_Prance.pdf">The Ecological Awareness of the Amazon Indians</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, The New York Botanical Garden, New York</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}The_Earth_is_the_Lords-James_Kraakevik-1985.pdf">The Earth is the Lord&#39;s: Global Issues in Man&#39;s Environment</a>&nbsp;by James Kraakevik, Bill Graham Center, Wheaton College, Illinois<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Kraakevik-The_Earth_is_the_Lords.pdf">Response to Kraakevik</a>&nbsp;by Ragnar Overby, World Bank, Washington, D.C.</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Swimming_Up_Stream_in_the_Third_World-Vincent_Miller_Jr.pdf">Swimming Up Stream in the Third World: A Christian Critique of the Development Process</a>&nbsp;by Vincent P. Miller, Jr., Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania<br />
	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Vincent_Miller-Swimming_Upstream_in_Third_World-Max_Terman.pdf">Response to Miller</a>&nbsp;by Max Terman, Tabor College, Kansas</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Choosing_a_Scripturally_and_Ecologically_Sound_Mission-Robert_Wolff-Paul_Wolff.pdf">Scripturally and Ecologically Sound Mission</a>&nbsp;by Robert Wolf and Paul Wolf, Trinity Christian College, Illinois</p>
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	<a href="{filedir_5}Response_to_Mutombo_Mpanya-View_From_Zaire-Carroll_Houle.pdf">Response to Warwick E. Kerr</a>&nbsp;by Carroll Houle</p>
