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  • After 12 Years of Advocacy, Presbyterian Church USA Approves Fossil Fuel Divestment

    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… Read more

  • Baltimore-Washington Conference Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels

    Baltimore-Washington Conference Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels

    By Rev. Sharee Wharton The Baltimore-Washington Conference took a meaningful step toward faithful environmental stewardship at the 242nd Annual Conference by successfully passing the Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment. Rooted in a deep commitment to creation care and justice, the resolution was presented by Cynthia Taylor, who helped bring both clarity and urgency to the issue. Support… Read more

  • Oil Stocks are Surging:  An Ethical Dilemma

    Oil Stocks are Surging:  An Ethical Dilemma

    Image: Canva, used by permission. This article was also published at United Methodist Insight on June 1, 2026. “Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” Philippians 3:7-8 In… Read more

  • Santa Marta Conference: Envisioning the Transformation of the World

    Santa Marta Conference: Envisioning the Transformation of the World

    “The transition away from fossil fuels is not a matter of ideology. It is a matter of survival, of justice, of fidelity to the very ground of our being.” – Multi-faith Call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Faith groups from around the world were a strong presence in Santa Marta, Colombia at the end… Read more

  • Next Step for UMC Net Zero Agencies: Divest from Fossil Fuels

    Next Step for UMC Net Zero Agencies: Divest from Fossil Fuels

    By Sharon Delgado “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 spiritual values, for “where your treasure is, there your… Read more

  • Obstacles to Strong Climate Action

    Obstacles to Strong Climate Action

    Image used with permission by the Climate Reality Project “We affirm our sacred calling to be responsible stewards and to lovingly tend all that God has wrought. We recognize the inherent worth of God’s creation, celebrate earth’s abundance and diversity, and, along with the entirety of the cosmos, give praise to its Creator. We recognize… Read more