Rev. Edward (Ed) Brown is the founding director of Care of Creation and has worked in the field of creation care or Christian environmental stewardship for 20 years. He got his start with Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, where he served as Chief Operating Officer for five years, having worked prior in a variety of different ministry roles.  Ed serves the Lausanne Movement as a Catalyst for Creation Care.

He speaks widely, has authored several books, and is most well-known for his work establishing the  Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network  through a Global Campaign for Creation Care and the Gospel which has run from 2012 to the present and has touched people in 150 countries. He is primary editor of the monthly The Pollinator newsletter.

Ed is the author of Our Father’s World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation, When Heaven and Nature Sing, and numerous articles and several book chapters. He is also the presenter of the seminar “Our Father’s World: Why Christians Should Care about the Environmental Crisis. He has the B.A. from Gordon College (Wenham MA), M. Div. from Gordon Conwell Seminary (South Hamilton, Massachusetts), Doctor of Divinity (honorary) from the Acts Academy of Higher Education, Bangalore India, and is an Honorary Fellow with the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin.

Ed and his wife Susanna, who was also a child of missionaries in Pakistan, live in Madison, Wisconsin and are the parents of four grown children (a son and three daughters).

Ed is available for speaking engagements, seminars and consultations. Send a note to info@careofcreation.org to inquire about availability.

Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

B.S. (Biology) Macalester College MN

Medical school, residency, fellowship at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Paul Halverson is a Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milkwaukee, practicing in the areas of rheumatology and internal medicine.  He attends Elmbrook Church and has served on the Council of Elders and in the missions ministry. He has been involved with overseas missions including medical teaching, working in clinics, and organizing conferences. Paul and his wife, Gloria, have two adult children and three grandchildren.

An inspiring and effective advocate of social justice for all, Commissioner Christine MacMillan has been a Salvation Army officer
holding appointments in five countries: Canada and Bermuda, Australia, England, Papua New Guinea and USA. This included the role  of denominational leader (territorial commander) for the Canada & Bermuda and Papua New Guinea territories.

Trained and accredited as a counsellor, Christine has founded various centers and programs in the field of addictions, domestic violence and homelessness. As founding director of the Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission, Christine promotes research as a pivotal  approach in addressing social issues with a participative input of those who experience the challenges of humanitarian inequities.

In July 2012, following retirement from The Salvation Army, Christine was selected by the World Evangelical Alliance to serve as their Senior Advisor for Social Justice, where 600 million Christians join forces under the banner of impacting God’s so loved and unloved world.

Christine sits on various boards and advises organizations in discerning strategic ways forward in fulfilling impactful influence through paradigms of integral mission, while emphasizing intentional relationships of integrity.

The imprint of residing in 5 countries through her vocational career has exposed her to various cultures, values and faith perspectives while living out her ordination and calling. This has led to developed publications and co-authorship of: When Justice is the Measure and Faith, Life & Leadership. Sought after as an international speaker Christine addresses her audiences on various topics in the belief and hope that transformation is the inspiration of her personal faith in living with and for others.

Grant Spickelmier, Education Curator at the Oregon Zoo. © Oregon Zoo / photo by Michael Durham.

Grant Spickelmier is the education curator at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon. From dressing up in animal costumes to creating animal themed video games/apps to appearing on live cooking shows to promoting sustainable seafood, Grant has worked for nearly 25 years to find innovative ways to inspire people to take conservation action on behalf of wildlife.  In particular, Grant is interested in calling Christians back to their original role as stewards and caretakers of the environment.  He has led classes and seminars on Creation Care and written articles for www.greenjesus.com.   Grant holds B.A. degrees in both Biology and Education from Bethel University and a M.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Minnesota.

Grant, his wife Jen and their two children (Matthew and Katie) attend Village Baptist Church in Beaverton, Oregon where Jen works in a ministry position.

Dr. Janel Curry is an award-winning geographer and educator originally from Canton, Illinois. Curry holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Minnesota and has published extensively on the relationship between nature and society.  She has served as Provost to Gordon College and as a faculty member and dean at Calvin College.  She is the proud mother of two adult daughters who are creation-care advocates, one of whom is a science teacher and the other who is a social worker.  She likes the flat open prairies and big sky of the Midwest and Great Plains, and has traveled extensively to China, Korea, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Nicarauga, Pakistan and across North America.

John Elwood edits BelovedPlanet.com, a voice for creation care from within the Evangelical Christian community. He owns Good Hand Farm, which supports more than 600 organic CSA produce memberships in New Jersey, and serves as an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He actively partners with the CRCNA Office of Social Justice, the Lausanne Creation Care Network, Climate Caretakers and Climate Stewards USA, in addition to serving on the board of Care of Creation, Inc.

Clarksville, TN

BS from College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia

Luke and his wife of 8 years, Katie, currently live in Clarksville, Tennessee, a suburban community north of Nashville, and attend Community Life Church. He is a native Texan who graduated from the University of Georgia and currently is a commercial real estate broker with KW Commercial – Middle Tennessee.

Luke has always had an interest in environmental stewardship and mission work. Luke’s parents supported missionaries in Africa who transcribed the Bible in local languages and Luke has helped support their son, Erik Ness and his wife Rachel in their mission work for many years. Luke’s relationship with Care of Creation came from his relationship with Erik and Rachel Ness and he is honored to serve God and his creation by being on the Board of Directors.