A public stewardship summary

A covenant for deciding what belongs—and what does not.

The vision is not meant to grow by saying yes to every opportunity. It needs a standard capable of resisting mission drift.

Stewardship begins with ownership rightly understood.

Restore Creation begins with the conviction that the land, resources, opportunities, and fruit belong first to God and that people are stewards, not ultimate owners. That changes how growth, profit, animals, neighbors, work, rest, debt, and future generations should be considered.

The public covenant summary is built around seven recurring tests. These are not a legal offering document or a claim that every future decision has already been resolved. They are a practical filter meant to keep future ventures, structures, and programs aligned with the purpose.

“The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof.”

Psalm 24:1

Seven Covenant Gates

Questions every meaningful venture should be able to answer.

1. God & ScriptureDoes it honor God and remain faithful to Scripture?

2. Truth & justiceIs it lawful, truthful, transparent, just, and free from exploitation?

3. RestorationWill it restore or protect more than it consumes or disturbs?

4. Created orderDoes it cooperate with created order, family, work, rest, and responsible dominion?

5. Love of neighborDoes it honor neighbors, guests, workers, and vulnerable people?

6. Faithful stewardshipCan it be undertaken without reckless debt, exhausted people, compromised control, or mission drift?

7. Generational fruitWould we want our daughters, future stewards, neighbors, and the land itself to inherit the result?

Core values

What the covenant protects.

God’s ownership

Land, resources, opportunity, and fruit are entrusted to human stewardship rather than treated as ends in themselves.

Biblical integrity

Truth, righteousness, justice, mercy, humility, and service should govern both message and method.

Restoration over extraction

Meaningful activity should seek to replenish more than it consumes and repair more than it disturbs.

Created order

Design should respect seasons, limits, biodiversity, family responsibilities, humane animal care, meaningful work, rest, and community.

Love of neighbor

Guests, workers, partners, members, neighbors, children, and vulnerable people should be treated with dignity.

Faithful stewardship

Plans should count the cost and avoid reckless debt, mission drift, chronic crisis, or unsustainable complexity.

Generational fruit

The long-term inheritance of land, children, community, and future stewards should matter more than short-term gain.