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Religious organizations and congregations sign the We Are Still In Declaration

Faith Organizations Are Still In

As the Trump Administration took action to officially withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, faith leaders spoke out in opposition. Click here to view. 

​In October 2017 hundreds of faith organizations signed the We Are Still In declaration, joining states, cities, counties, businesses and colleges/universities demonstrating their support to help the U.S. achieve its promised greenhouse gas emission reductions under the Paris Agreement.
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Open letter to the international community and parties to the Paris Agreement from U.S. state, local, and business leaders:We, the undersigned mayors, county executives, governors, tribal leaders, college and university leaders, businesses, and investors are joining forces for the first time to declare that we will continue to support climate action to meet the Paris Agreement.

In December 2015 in Paris, world leaders signed the first global commitment to fight climate change. The landmark agreement succeeded where past attempts failed because it allowed each country to set its own emission reduction targets and adopt its own strategies for reaching them. In addition, nations - inspired by the actions of local and regional governments, along with businesses - came to recognize that fighting climate change brings significant economic and public health benefits.
The Trump administration’s announcement undermines a key pillar in the fight against climate change and damages the world’s ability to avoid the most dangerous and costly effects of climate change. Importantly, it is also out of step with what is happening in the United States.

In the U.S., it is local, tribal, and state governments, along with businesses, that are primarily responsible for the dramatic decrease in greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. Actions by each group will multiply and accelerate in the years ahead, no matter what policies Washington may adopt.

In the absence of leadership from Washington, states, cities, counties, tribes, colleges and universities, businesses and investors, representing a sizeable percentage of the U.S. economy will pursue ambitious climate goals, working together to take forceful action and to ensure that the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing emissions.

​It is imperative that the world know that in the U.S., the actors that will provide the leadership necessary to meet our Paris commitment are found in city halls, state capitals, colleges and universities, investors and businesses. Together, we will remain actively engaged with the international community as part of the global effort to hold warming to well below 2℃ and to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy that will benefit our security, prosperity, and health.

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Signers

Congregations:
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Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation

Agape Metropolitan Community Church
Albuquerque Mennonite
All God's Children MCC
All People's Church
All Souls Unitarian Church
Alum Rock United Methodist Church
Austin Zen Center
Baha'i Faith of Rockford, IL
Baha'i Faith-Mishawaka Community
Baha'i: Baha'I of Harrisburg
Baha'is of Montgomery County Ohio
Baha'is of Utica, Nebraska
Benedictine Sisters of Erie
Blessed Oscar Romero Catholic Community
Bremerton United Methodist Church
Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ
Central Baptist Church
Central Union Church
Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church
Christ and Trinity Lutheran Church
Christ Our King RC Church
Church of the Advent of Christ the King
Church of the Crossroads
Church of the Good Shepherd
Church of the Servant Christian Reformed Church
Church of the Wildwood
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah
Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel
Congregation Beth Shalom
Dominican Sisters of Springfield
Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion
Episcopal Anglican Church of the Ascension

Faith Lutheran Church
Federated Church
Federated Community Church
Fellowship of Humanity
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
First Congregational Church of Woodstock
First Congregational Church UCC
First Congregational Church UCC, Albuquerque
First Congregational Parish, Unitarian Petersham
First Congregational United Church of Christ
First Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church of Urbana
First Presbyterian San Anselmo
First Presbyterian, El Cajon California
First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist
First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland
First Unitarian Church of Oakland California
First Unitarian Society of Newton, MA
First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany
First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist church Omaha Nebraska
First Universalist Church of Rockland
Grace Community Church of Apple Valley
Grace Episcopal Church
Grace Episcopal Church, Medford MA
Grace Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church, Raleigh, NC
Grand Rapids Dominicans
Hancock United Church of Christ
Headwaters at Incarnate Word
Hillside Community Lutheran Church
Holy Cross Metropolitan Community Church of Pensacola, Florida
Humboldt Unitarian
Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Journey Metropolitan Community Church
Joy Metropolitan Community Church
Killaloe Diocesan Pastoral Plan Committee
Lincoln Street United Methodist Church
Los Angeles Friends Meeting (Quaker)
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
Marquette Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Massillon Baptist Temple
Mayflower Community Congregational Church
MCC United Church of Christ
Mendocino Coast Jewish Community
Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
Metro Community Church Quad Cities
Metropolitan Community Church Key West
Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford
Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford, Connecticut
Mount Tabor Lutheran Church, ELCA
Mount Vernon Unitarian Church
Mt. Calvary African Methodist Episcopal Church
New Life Presbyterian Church
Northern Lights MCC
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Our Hope Metropolitan Community Church
Our Lady of the Americas Shrine Church
Our Lady of the Lake Convent
Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community
Our Mother of Good Counsel church, Bryn Mawr, PA
Peace Church UCC
Peace Lutheran Church
Plymouth United Church of Christ
Prairie Circle Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Providence Baptist Church
Quaker: Annapolis Friends Meeting
Resurrection Metropolitan Community Church
Rose Hill United Methodist Church
Roxbury Congregational Church, UCC
Salvisa Christian Church
Shepherdstown Presbyterian Churchla
Sister of Charity of Cincinnati
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Charity of Tiffin, Ohio
Sisters of St. Francis, Oldenburg
South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society
St John Evangelical Lutheran Church
St John’s Episcopal Church Boulder Colorado
St Luke Presbyterian Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
St. Ann Roman Church
St. Barnabas Church
St. Bonaventure Church
St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal Church
St. James' Episcopal Church
St. John's Episcopal Church, Vernon
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, Acton
St. Paul's UCC
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran
St. Rosalie Committee for the Common Good
St. Thomas Lutheran Church
Still. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church
Stillpoint at Beckside Spirituality Center
Storrs UCC
Tehachapi Community Congregational Church UCC
Temple Beth El, Stamford CT
Temple Emanu-El
Temple Hesed
The Center for Mindful Learning
The Episcopal Church of St. Mary the Virgin
The Unitarian Church of Lincoln
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax
The Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor
Tippecanoe Presbyterian Church
Trinity Las Americas United Methodist Church
True Sunshine Episcopal Church
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington
Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains
Unitarian Universalist Congregation East
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Binghamton
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Quad Cities
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County
Unitarian Universalist of the Quad Cities
Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
Unity of Fairfax Church
University Lutheran Chapel
Urbandale United Church of Christ
Valley Ministries MCC
Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Ward Street Mission United Methodist Church
Wellesley Friends Meeting
West Knoxville Friends Meeting
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Religious Denominations: 
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Benedictine Sisters      
Disciples Christian Church
IHM Sisters
Religious of the Sacred Heart
Sisters of Charity
SJC Province of USA & Canada
Unitarian Universalist Church
United Methodist Church

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Colleges and Schools:
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
Luther College
McAfee School of Theology
​St. Andrew's School
University of San Francisco


Regional and National Organizations:
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

​Climate Witness Project
Creation Justice Ministries
​Diocese of Easton (MD)
Fern cliff Camp and Conference CenterPassionist Earth and Spirit Center
Network of Spiritual Progressives
​Religious of the Sacred Heart, Sophia House Community
Sisters of Charity of New York
Sisters of St. Dominic, Blauvelt, NY
Sisters of the Holy Family
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
Wisconsin Green Muslims

Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
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