Reaching out to Greenpeace Granola Heads

Having lived in Southwest Virginia in the middle of the Bible belt for about a year, I was able to experience firsthand why it is that many Southerners consider New England a mission field. It is. The Northern New England States have one of the lowest rates of regular church attendance and the fewest number of people that would be classified as evangelical Christians. The region also has a fair number of people that are of the “Green” mindset, the same folks that are sometimes referred to as “Greenpeace Granola Heads”. These people, not only in New England, but across the country, are possibly one of the largest untapped groups to be evangelized in the United States. Some of their beliefs just clash with traditional conservative beliefs that many evangelical Christians have. For this reason, outreach to such people has been very low. This is unfortunate too, as a good number of Greenpeace Granola Heads have a strong desire to help others and have a history of performing community service. If won over to God, such individuals would be naturals in missionary work. Since farming and most things agriculturally oriented is a passion of mine, using it for ministry purposes is one area of church service that I could get excited about. Using agricultural programs and creating local food production networks as an outreach tool to attract Greenpeace Granola Heads to Christ could work and would also help facilitate the main goal of building food security for the church community by bringing in people with significant skills in the area of sustainable agriculture. If churches also have a local food production system built and the rapture occurs during a period of food crisis, there will be something other than just answer seeking to draw people to churches. In this way, the churches left behind can serve as an ark of sorts to provide not only the Word, but also food and shelter. But before such a ministry could start, is there a need to come up with another name then the Greenpeace Granola Head Outreach Ministry?