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  • Prayer Warriors! Prayers Needed For a Livable Planet, Today.

    Prayer Warriors! Prayers Needed For a Livable Planet, Today.

    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. Please pray for us It is very likely that today our petition before General Conference—to divest… Read more

  • Donate to Support Fossil Free UMC at General Conference

    Donate to Support Fossil Free UMC at General Conference

    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. Our task is a simple one: pass legislation at General Conference calling for The United Methodist… Read more

  • In Pictures: Fossil Free UMC joins Bank of America Protest

    In Pictures: Fossil Free UMC joins Bank of America Protest

    April 23rd, on the opening day of General Conference, members of Fossil Free UMC, The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, and UM Earthkeepers gathered for a prayer vigil at the Bank Of America headquarters in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. They were there to call for Bank of America to stop funding fossil fuels. They sang… Read more

  • Tennis ball hail batters Charlotte while Methodists Bank On Climate Change

    Tennis ball hail batters Charlotte while Methodists Bank On Climate Change

    Tennis ball-sized hail erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina, Saturday, as General Conference gathered. It scattered cars over the freeway, busted out car windows, scattering them over the roadways. The hail was so large and fell so violently that glass splintered and impact-resistant windshields turned to shards with sharp broken glass penetrating skin and clothes and… Read more

  • Response to Wespath by Fossil Free UMC (Part 2) Become Like a Child

    Response to Wespath by Fossil Free UMC (Part 2) Become Like a Child

    “He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this… Read more

  • Over 750 & Counting for Divestment

    Over 750 & Counting for Divestment

    United Methodists are Signing On in Witness Sign on to our Petition Here to call on the UMC to divest from fossil fuels. Last week at the Conversation on Divestment with Bill McKibben, William Morris and Steve Hucklesby, Fossil Free UMC launched the Call to United Methodists to Divest from fossil fuels. We asked, so… Read more