Screening of "Inconvenient Truth" at Highland Baptist Church
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Earth Day 2008) - Joe Phelps, pastor of Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., said his church had been involved in creation care for a long time when it sponsored an early release DVD screening of "An Inconvenient Truth." About 250 people showed up, Phelps said. Half of them were not members of the church.
The discussion at the screening was "almost universally positive," Phelps said. Some "backlash" came later, from church members who felt the "Al Gore movie" was too political for a Baptist church.
Phelps said it is important to "understand where those folks come from but not cave into their fears."
"The trickiest thing is how you present this in a way so it doesn't look like a partisan political stand," Phelps said. "This is a political issue, but it is not just a political issue. It is a moral issue as well."