The LWCCN Story:
Uniting Christians for Creation Care across continents

Rev. Dr. Dave is the Head of Theology for A Rocha International, which works to live out God’s calling to care for creation ​and equips others to do likewise across six continents. Rev. Dr. Dave teaches and writes globally on creation care. His biblical overview on creation care, Planetwise (IVP, 2008), has been translated into several languages, and he’s also written and contributed to over 20 other books, including Lausanne’s Creation Care and the Gospel. Rev. Dr. Dave has a PhD in the Bible and wildlife conservation from Cambridge University. Born and raised in India, Dave is married to Anne and they live in multicultural Southall, London, where they jointly pastor an Anglican church.

Benita is an indigenous Mayan Kaqchikel woman. She shares her life with Jeison Rodriguez, and together with their little baby, they make community life in Guatemala. She feels called to address issues related to environmental restoration and youth work. She has facilitated workshops and training on environmental issues from and for different Christian organizations. Currently, she coordinates Rujotay – a local initiative in her hometown – where they develop contextualized environmental education projects, collective composting, local advocacy and family farming alternatives.

Jasmine is a creation care advocate with OMF International and based in the Philippines. With a background in conservation biology and community development, she often works in the intersections between people and the natural world. Her particular interests are in food security and marine conservation.

Chris Elisara, PhD, pioneered the World Evangelical Alliance’s creation care work in 2011 by establishing the WEA Creation Care Task Force, which in 2018 developed into the WEA Sustainability Center. In partnership with Ed Brown, the Lausanne Catalyst for Creation Care, he co-founded the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network (LWCCN) in 2016 to strengthen global collaboration and mobilization for creation care within the evangelical church. Prior to his work with the WEA, Dr. Elisara founded the Creation Care Study Program (CCSP), an undergraduate environmental study-abroad program serving approximately 25 US Christian universities and colleges through its New Zealand campus (and Belize 1996 - 2024). Originally from New Zealand, he now resides in San Diego, California.