Top 5 missonal books

If you only have five books to read on missional ministry, these are my top picks. Taken together they provide a good overview of the theoretical, the practical, and the stories. If you want a broader scope of missional ministry, as well as multiple voices, read the...

How Eden Reforestation Project started

The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch, President of Eden Reforestation Projects. I grew up in the Philippines and loved to explore nature. In 1997 and 2001, I went back and was shocked by the destruction that had taken place.  The coral reefs...

The power of 10

The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch. Eden Reforestation Projects is one of the best, if not the best, in the world at: • Employing thousands of desperately poor individuals who • plant and protect whole forests • at 10¢ per tree $10 per month...

The loss of Psalm 104

A meditation from Steve Fitch 16 The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers. 18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats; the crags are a refuge for the...

Can trees save lives? See how

The entry below is part of a week-long series by Steve Fitch, President of Eden Reforestation Projects. When we first met Maman Sisy, her third live-in husband had just abandoned her and her five children. So once again she and her kids were left destitute. Sadly,...

The redemption of creation… and why we should care

  Too many Christians think environmentalism is a “soft” or political issue. Yet when we look at scripture, we see that God explicitly called us to be stewards of the environment (Genesis 2:15). Eden Reforestation Projects takes that calling seriously. Every year...