Are you curious what your denomination is doing when it comes to caring for creation? Or perhaps you’d like to connect with a local ecumenical or interfaith group committed to this work. Or maybe you want to see what other faith-based groups are doing to take care of the environment so that you can share some ideas with your home church. We’ve compiled a list to help you get started.
Here are some specific resources by denomination*:
- African Methodist Episcopal Church: Addressing Climate Change
- American Baptist Churches USA: Creation Justice
- Catholic Church: Catholic Climate Covenant/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Environment
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): Green Chalice
- Christian Reformed Church in North America: Climate Witness Project
- Church of the Brethren: Brethren Creation Care Network
- The Episcopal Church: Creation Care
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: Advocacy for the Environment/Lutherans Restoring Creation
- Greek Orthodox Church: Church & Ecology
- Mennonite Church USA: Mennonite Creation Care Network
- The Orthodox Church: The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration
- Presbyterian Church (USA): Sustainable Living & Earth Care Concerns/Office of Public Witness/Presbyterians for Earth Care
- Reformed Church in America: Statement on the Environment
- Society of Friends/Quakers: Earth Quaker Action Team/Quaker Earthcare Witness
- Southern Baptist: Environment & Climate Initiative
- United Church of Christ: Environmental Justice Ministries
- The United Methodist Church: Environmental Justice
Here are some cross-denominational and interfaith organizations working on environmental concerns:
- ACT Alliance
- A Rocha
- Blessed Tomorrow
- Creation Justice Ministries
- Evangelical Environmental Network
- Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions
- Interfaith Power & Light
- World Council of Churches: Care for Creation
*If you know of any church-based, environmentally-focused groups not on this list, we’d love to hear from you. Drop us an email at admin@scienceforthechurch.org.
