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The St. Philip Annual Summer Lecture Series
with Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, author
of Following Jesus in a Warming World.
Have you ever looked at the effects of climate change and the apathy of so many
Christians around you and wondered, "What are we missing here?" Why has the U.S church
struggled so mightily to understand the climate crisis as a moral and gospel issue, and instead
so often abandoned it to the domain of the culture wars? In these lectures, we will trace some
of the historical reasons for the U.S. church's lukewarm engagement with climate change,
explore how Scripture might be able to guide us toward a more faithful way forward, and plot
out an active and hopeful path for the church as we all strive to follow Jesus more closely in a
warming world.
Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap serves as the Vice President of the Evangelical
Environmental Network. He holds an undergraduate degree in religious studies from Calvin
University (B.A. '12), a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary (M.Div.
'16), and is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA). For the last
eleven years, he has educated and mobilized Christians around the world to address the climate
crisis as an act of discipleship and neighbor-love.
Kyle has been named to the American Conservation Coalition’s 30 Under 30, Midwest Energy Group's 40 Under 40, and the Grist 50 Fixers cohorts for his work on climate change education and advocacy. In 2020, he was named a Yale Public Voices Fellow on the Climate Crisis. His work has been featured in national and international news outlets such as PBS, NPR, CNN, NBC News, Reuters, and The New York Times. His first book,
Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action, was published by InterVarsity Press in February 2023.
Kyle lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his wife, Allie, and their two sons. |
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