Faith-Based Environmental Organizations
United Methodist Creation Justice Movement
The Creation Justice Movement is emerging at this kairos moment to connect and support groups within the United Methodist Church and beyond for the work of creation care, justice and regeneration.
Earth Ministry
Based in Seattle, Earth Ministry’s work is focused on Washington state and the Pacific northwest, but its website provides extensive resources useful to other faith-based environmental groups.
Environmental Justice from the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) of the United Methodist Church
The Economic and Environmental Justice Program calls the church and society into a greater faithfulness to the biblical vision of wholeness and justice for all of God’s creation. From global warming and environmental racism to worker justice and poverty eradication, the program seeks to restore right relationships among ourselves, others and the created world.
Creation Care program of Global Ministries (part of UMCOR)
Evangelical Environmental Network
The EEN seeks to equip, inspire, disciple, and mobilize God’s people in their effort to care for God’s creation.
The Forum on Religion and Ecology
“The Forum on Religion and Ecology is the largest international multireligious project of its kind. It is engaged in exploring religious worldviews, texts, ethics, and practices in order to broaden understanding of the complex nature of current environmental concerns.
Interfaith Power and Light: A Religious Response to Global Warming
This campaign of the Regeneration Project mobilizes a religious response to global warming in 39 states. It focuses on tangible results in congregations, putting our faith into action through the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation.
Creation Justice Ministries (National Council of Churches of Christ)
The Eco-Justice Program office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group (of which the United Methodist Church is a member) “to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox communions to work together to protect and restore God’s Creation.”
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment
This partnership is comprised of four major religious organizations, each representing faith communities across the US.
Lutherans Restoring Creation
Lutherans Restoring Creation is a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We accomplish this by cultivating a community of dedicated stewards of earth and neighbor who proclaim God’s promise of hope and healing for all.