Caring for God's Creation is an inherent part of religious life. From mountaintops to forests, green pastures to still waters, stars in the sky to lilies of the field, we experience the gift of Creation. With God's Earth experiencing environmental problems, many religious Americans are seeking to respond through their faith.
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment brings together a diverse alliance of faith institutions and leaders in order to bring voice and action on behalf of caring for God's Creation. NRPE offers resources and accounts of how people of faith are acting upon God's mandate to be stewards of God's Earth. NRPE also fosters the religious voice on environmental issues.
The National Religious Partnership for the Environment brings together a diverse alliance of faith institutions and leaders in order to bring voice and action on behalf of caring for God's Creation. NRPE offers resources and accounts of how people of faith are acting upon God's mandate to be stewards of God's Earth. NRPE also fosters the religious voice on environmental issues.
Faith Groups Call for Monument ProtectionJewish, Evangelical and Christian groups opposed Trump's actions to reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. In January, Jewish leaders urged Trump to reverse course. These statements follow on the heels of faith organizations responding to the Trump Administration's executive order on the Antiquities Act including a statement by Creation Justice Ministries. View the letter here. Evangelicals also responded with a statement from EEN. In a letter to President Trump, prominent Jewish leaders call for protecting Bears Ears National Monument and the Antiquities Act.
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Religious Community Calls for Arctic ProtectionFaith leaders and religious organizations reacted to the news that Congress passed legislation that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling in the tax package. Black church state leaders urged Congress to remove the Arctic Refuge drilling provisions out of the tax reform bill. Leaders of national and regional religious organizations sent a letter to Congress urging protection for the Refuge. Catholic nuns in New York and Pennsylvania also sent a letter to Congress. Click here for a statement from Creation Justice Ministries and the Evangelical Environmental Network.
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Faithful Earth Day CelebrationsCelebrations of Earth Day will be held around the world on April 22. Creation Justice Ministries has created a 2018 Earth Day Sunday resources with the theme of "Sense of Place." The Catholic Climate Covenant has a Earth Day 2018 guide entitled "Beyond a Throwaway Culture." Interfaith Power and Light is highlighting its Faith Climate Action Week. The Evangelical Environmental Network is promoting its worship resources for Earth Day Sunday. Sisters of Mercy is calling on the faithful this Earth Day to use less plastic. Click here for ELCA Presiding BIshop's statement.
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