Amy Erica Smith

Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2019. Picture taken Sept. 10, 2019.

Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God’s earth as a sin — but will they fight to save the Amazon?

November 11, 2019

Christian movements like evangelicalism and Pentecostalism aren’t often associated with environmental protection. But Brazil’s former environment minister, Marina Silva, a member of the Pentecostal Assembly of God, has voiced horror at the recent fires consuming the Amazon.