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Category: General Conference
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After 12 Years of Advocacy, Presbyterian Church USA Approves Fossil Fuel Divestment
Image used with permission of Presbyterian Outlook. To all United Methodists who support fossil fuel divestment because of the harms caused by climate change: Take heart from this story from the PC (USA). It took them 12 years to succeed in getting this passed. In the United Methodist Church, Fossil Free UMC has been working…
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Follow the Mission, Not the Money Managers
Follow the Money, Not the Money Managers by Mark Davies The transformation of the world does not mean the destruction of the world or the destruction of a livable cimate for all life on earth. The United Methodist Church should not be investing and profiting from the fossil fuel companies that have created and are…
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Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost
Fossil Fuels and Climate: Counting the Cost “For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?” Luke 14:28 When Jesus spoke these words, he was using the scenario of building a tower to illustrate the cost of…
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Creation Justice Breaking Through! General Conference Wrap Up from Fossil Free UMC
We have a lot to celebrate from General Conference this year with huge steps forward to address climate justice, environmental urgency and netzero. We are breaking through! Fossil Free UMC has a renewed mandate, next steps, and new partners for faithful and revitalizing climate action in the United Methodist Church. There was good to be…
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The Revised Social Principles, The Community of All Creation, and General Conference
By Sharon Delgado and Mark Davies The Revised Social Principles passed at the recent General Conference, supported by Fossil Free UMC, the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, MFSA, the Love Your Neighbor Coalition, and so many others. Mark Davies chaired and Sharon Delgado served on the initial team that was convened by the General Board…
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Look at the Bright Side: “Climate Justice Fares Well Overall” (UM News)
Photo: Musa Dube, the distinguished professor of New Testament at the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, preaches during a Vigil for Creation on April 22 to mark Earth Day. The gathering took place at First United Methodist Church of Charlotte on the day before the United Methodist General Conference began its work nearby. Photo…
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A Report on What Happened with Fossil Fuel Divestment at General Conference and What You Can Do Now
See Fossil Free UMC’s press release at the close of General Conference: Support for full fossil fuel divestment grows as The United Methodist Church moves to care for creation and address the climate crisis—including adding new divestment options. If you want to know exactly what happened with our attempts to get fossil fuel divestment passed at…
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Support for full fossil fuel divestment grows as The United Methodist Church moves to care for creation and address the climate crisis—including adding new divestment options.
Charlotte, North Carolina—It came down to the wire, in the last moments of General Conference. With members of the body crying out to be heard! But in the end, the legislation that Fossil Free UMC hoped would receive a hearing and vote was instead referred, and so deferred. This missed opportunity for divesting from fossil…
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