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A Model Fossil Fuel Divestment Resolution for Annual Conferences
This post is a Model Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment from Fossil Free UMC and the United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, with a substitute resolution to present as an amendment or substitute if Resolution 1 is strongly opposed and likely to fail. Resolution 1: Divesting From Fossil Fuels as an Annual Conference. In addition,
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Watch the Boycott Chevron Webinar
Presented by UMKR, MFSA, and Fossil Free UMC on March 12, 2025 Go the the UM Kairos Response Website to watch the recording:https://www.kairosresponse.org/webinar_12march2025_chevronboycott.html Ending Israeli occupation and genocide is a climate justice issue. All over the world, struggles against colonialism and the destruction of God’s creation by corporations for the sake of profit are intrinsically
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“Divestment with Fossil Free UMC” Movement Cafe Video
Watch the Recording Here. Fossil Fuel Divestment is the focus of this first Movement Cafe of 2025. This conversation connects the dots as to why divestment is an important tool to fight climate change. Fossil Free UMC member Jaydee Hanson speaks about how divestment would help the United Methodist Church act on what it has
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Next Step for UMC Net Zero Agencies: Divest from Fossil Fuels
By Sharon Delgado Published in UM Creation Justice Movement’s February 2025 Newsletter “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21). In the above passage, Jesus tells us to value spiritual treasures above our material treasures. This passage also reminds us that how we use or invest our material treasures expresses our
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ENGAGING THE UMC IN CLIMATE CHANGE
by William (“Bill”) Myers and Kenneth Lynn Jobe Introduction How did the UMC get from its declared mission of discipleship of Jesus Christ, “to transform the world”, to continuing to invest over a billion dollars in fossil fuels when it is fully informed they annually kill and harm millions of people and massively damage the
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Net Zero Needs Fossil Fuel Divestment
By Jaydee Hanson The United Methodist Church cannot meet its net zero goals unless it diversifies from investments in fossil fuels. The net zero goals are targets that all of the agencies of the church and our bishops agreed to meet by 2050. This means that all of our activities as the church at a
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Vote Climate and Divest from Fossil Fuels
As published in United Methodist Insight. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) During this election season, those of us who continue to work toward fossil fuel
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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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