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Creation Care Study Program (CCSP) is a semester abroad program for Christian college students with campuses Belize and New Zealand. Natural wonders, vibrant cross-cultural exchange, intimate community and an outstanding faculty combine to make CCSP the semester of a lifetime. Guaranteed.

CCSP is based on some fairly simple theology. We believe that God is a good God. That God created a good earth. And that God calls us to be loving caretakers and faithful stewards of all of creation: both human and nonhuman. Its really that basic – if we love God, we must love what God loves. And Scripture is clear that God loves all that he has made (Psalm 145).

Environmental concerns must also reflect a faith that is also actively concerned for human justice, for the concerns of the needy, for the oppressed and for the groans of a suffering planet.

Do you yearn for more than a college classroom and a pile of textbooks? Do you want a faith that is complex yet full of wonder?

As Christians, we must seek to be educated and transformed by a faith that is both integrative and otherminded. Come on a semester in Belize and embrace new intellectual and spiritual challenges while experiencing the unparalleled learning opportunities found in tropical rainforests, mountain streams, and coral reefs.

You give us a semester and we'll educate you in marine and forest ecology, cultural anthropology, sustainable development and God & Nature. But you'll take back away more than the 16 college credits you'll earn. We'll give you a new way to see the world. We'll give you a bigger heart.

This is a lofty promise but we've seen it happen in student after student in the 11 years that we have been teaching. The Creation Care Study Program will teach you to understand and celebrate the beauty of the life that surrounds you – in the coral reefs, the rainforest, the wild mountains and the diverse cultures of the world. We will help you discover your true calling to protect the fruitfulness and interconnectedness with the earth. Scripture teaches us "For in his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind" (Job 12).

For far too long, Christians have acted as if environmental stewardship was an unnecessary or unimportant concern for us. But that is changing rapidly. A new generation of Christians are rediscovering a faith that recognizes that humans are responsible for Creation as caretakers and ambassadors. The Psalmist wrote, "The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it" (Psalm 24).

Here is CCSP's promise to you. Invest in a semester in Belize and you will never be the same again -- ever. Your faith will be deeper. Your life will be fuller. Your heart will be bigger. You will find your soul.