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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… Read more

May 3, 2024
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… Read more

May 3, 2024
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… Read more

May 3, 2024
Today’s the day. I am hopeful.

This update is now obsolete. To see the final result of what happened with Fossil Free UMC’s petition at General Conference, see our final press release or A Report on What Happened with Fossil Fuel Divestment at General Conference and What You Can Do Now. Today is the last day of General Conference. There are less… Read more

May 3, 2024
General Conference Update to Fossil Free UMC’s Petition, May 1, 2024

This update is now obsolete. To see the final result of what happened with Fossil Free UMC’s petition at General Conference, see our final press release or A Report on What Happened with Fossil Fuel Divestment at General Conference and What You Can Do Now. While General Conference has made numerous positive decisions that signal “a… Read more

May 1, 2024
From Ethiopia and Nigeria – African Church Leaders Call for Divestment

The conversation about divestment is a global one. I had an opportunity to connect with two United Methodists in Africa, one in Ethiopia, the other in Nigeria. Both support divestment, and are calling for the United Methodist Church to attend to creation care and the environment globally. Rev. Gezu Mossissa is a United Methodist District… Read more

April 30, 2024