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After 12 Years of Advocacy, Presbyterian Church USA Approves Fossil Fuel Divestment
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 about that same length of time, but…
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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…
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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…
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The Fierce Urgency of Now in Response to Climate Change
Image used with permission, World Resources Institute, Creative Commons. The Fierce Urgency of Now in Response to Climate Change “See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation!” — 2 Corinthians 6:2 “We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is…
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Speak From the Floor on Divestment
Every year annual conferences meet to do the work of the church and conference, seeking to live faith through worship and agreements about how to live a life together as people of God. The worship part fills the soul while the agreements part, which begins by bringing legislation or a resolution (same thing) to the…
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2026 Annual Conference Model Resolutions: Divesting as an Annual Conference from Fossil Fuels
Two Optionsof Model Resolutions from Fossil Free UMCand the United Methodist Creation Justice Movementare below. These two model resolutions are focused on annual conferences studying about and/or divesting their own conference portfolios from fossil fuels. See also another divestment resolution focused calling on on our UM Board of Pensions, Wespath, to divest from fossil fuels:…
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A 2026 Model Annual Conference Resolution: Urging Fossil Fuel Divestment of All Denominational Funds at Wespath
This is a Model Annual Conference Resolution for 2026 calling on the United Methodist Church’s investment agency, Wespath, to add fossil fuels to its investment screens for all its portfolios in response to the damage caused by climate change. Any annual conference is welcome to use the model resolution as is or to change it…
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Making the Right Decisions for the Wrong Reasons
Thoughts on Climate Finance After the Conclusion of COP30 Around the venue, (Photo: © UN Climate Change – Diego Herculano)Used under License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. By Rev. Joan Pell. Also published by United Methodist Insight and Texas Impact. You can read more about COP30 on the California-Nevada conference COP30 web pages Have you ever made the…
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