Was the General Conference divestment push of 2016 really 7 years ago?! Remember the lantern globes and climate vigils?
A few articles for those who were there, and for those who scrolled their then-Twitter feeds for the latest news. In 2016 the focus centered on Wespath. For 2024 we renew and widen our focus. We seek a change to the Book of Discipline, screening specifically to exclude fossil fuels out from UM investments. We also seek to reach every conference and every local church, to ask, ‘what can I do?’ Each of us is called, and every one of us has the opportunity to divest, to lead with faith toward a life-giving and life-sustaining future.
From the UMC: What does the Church say and do about climate change?
From the Board of Church and Society: Climate Change and the Church’s Response. 2016 Book of Resolutions, #1035.
From UM Insight: Love Your Neighbor Coalition Welcomes New Partner
From UM Insight: Pensions Board Video Intensifies Divestment Debate.
Photos from General Conference May 20, 2016, a day of testimony for divestment. Photos from the good photographers from UM News.
And from UMNews, sadly, GC2016 rejects divestment on fossil fuels.
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