by umcjnews | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog
Speakers at the California Nevada Conference Divestment Summit shared prayer, expertise, and visuals in person as well as broadcast over zoom. Present in Sacramento were, left to right, top, Bishop Sandra Olewine; William H. Morris, keynote; Jake Barnett, Wespath;... 
by umcjnews | Feb 26, 2025 | Blog
“We see a lot of churches moving their money.” —Julia Frisbie, Executive Director of the Faith Foundation Northwest The February Café featuring Fossil Free UMC and speaking to the question of divestment was a big success. In the run-up to General Conference,... 
by umcjnews | Jan 27, 2025 | Blog
By Bob Downs In our 2024 General Conference, The United Methodist Church adopted two resolutions calling for the church to achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. The first resolution, Recognizing United Methodist Support for Global Green New Deal... 
by umcjnews | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog
The Methodist Church in Britain, a connectional part of The United Methodist Church, divested from stocks in oil and gas in 2021. Photo credit: Baildon Methodist Church, West Yorkshire, by Tim Green, 2020, CC BY 2.0 By Jaydee Hanson The United Methodist Church... 
by umcjnews | Jan 25, 2025 | Blog
By Sharon Delgado “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21). In the above passage, Jesus tells us to value spiritual treasures above our material treasures. This passage also reminds us that how we use or invest our material treasures...