History Of The Partnership

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History Of The Partnership

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In the late 1980's and early 1990's, interest in addressing the environmental crisis began to grow exponentially within diverse fields of religious life.

Senior religious leaders met throughout 1991 and 1992 amid increasingly urgent concern about environmental conditions. Appreciation for what could be a distinctively religious contribution also grew as ancient teachings were seen to have powerful relevance to contemporary challenges.

Establishment of the Partnership was approved at the highest levels of denominational governance in late 1992. Rarely had agreement been reached across so broad a spectrum on so specific a program. And in October 1993, with staff based at national offices of participating faith groups, the Partnership set about its work.

Read about the founding of the Partnership.
Read about Paul Gorman, the founding Executive Director.
Learn about the accomplishments of the Partnership.
See a timeline of significant events in the Partnership's history.

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MISSION

Guided by biblical teaching, the Partnership seeks to encourage people of faith to weave values and programs of care for God's creation throughout the entire fabric of religious life....

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HISTORY

Moving into the 1990's, senior religious leaders began to call for a distinctively religious "environmental" vision — what many call care for God's creation — arising from deep within the teachings of the major faith groups.

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Catholic

"Celebrating Creation" Prayer Beads

St. John Fisher Chapel University ParishEarth Care Ministry Troy, MI The Earth Care ministry...

Evangelical

“Monarch Mania” Leaves No Child Inside

Lakeland Christian School, Lakeland, FL A version of this article originally appeared in the Spring 2008 issue of Creation Care magazine. Since 1998, “Monarch Mania” has been an annual event at Lakeland Christian School. It started with a local butterfly entrepreneur, Gil Daigneau, who stopped by the school and left elementary principal Fred Wiechmann a monarch chrysalis hot-glued to a Golden Dewdrop plant.

Catholic

Parish Renovation

Church of St. Joan of Arc Parish Center Minneapolis, MN In 1997, the Church of St. Joan of Arc formed an Eco-Spirituality ...

Mainline Protestant

Faith Communities Clamor for Clean Air

Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA When more than 100 physicians in Cumberland County, PA, published a warning statement about the high levels of diesel particulate matter in the air, Rev. Jennifer McKenna called to find out what they were going to do about it. Upon learning they had no plans to act, she spurred her congregation at Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, PA, to advocacy. Together, they formed the Clean Air Board of Central...

Jewish

Energy Campaign: END IDLE WORSHIP

Northwest Jewish Environmental ProjectPortland, OregonJewish, Non-Denominational In 2003, the Northwest Jewish Environmental Project launched a year-long energy campaign, asking the ...

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Jewish

Protecting Old-Growth Forest

Redwood Rabbis, Northern California Jewish, Non-denominational While many Jewish congregations may celebrate Tu B’shevat, the Jewish New Year of the Trees, with simple rituals of tree-planting or the eating of new fruits, nuts or wine, in 1997, the Redwoods Rabbis of Northern California took their observance of the holiday to a new level. As part of their ongoing advocacy to protect Headwaters Forest -- the last unprotected old growth redwood forest on the Pacific coast,...

Mainline Protestant

Zero-Carbon Tomatoes

Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James, New Haven, CT “Zero food-mile tomatoes for Christ!” That’s how Josh Hill, a 2007 NCC Eco-Justice Fellow, describes the gardening project organized by the 20s/30s group at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James in New Haven, CT. The young adults are growing organic tomatoes as well as organic basil in pots in the church parking lot. The wife of one of the rectors germinated...

Mainline Protestant

Prairie Restoration and New Earth Partnership

Lutheran Church of the Reformation St. Louis Park, MN At first, church members were suspicious of pulling ...

Interfaith

Partnering for Advocacy

Earth Ministry, Seattle, WA A unique partnership in Seattle, WA, is uniting people of faith with community environmental leaders to decide advocacy priorities and win legislative battles. Earth Ministry, an ecumenical environmental justice group works with advocacy organization, Priorities for a Healthy Washington, to select four environmental priorities each year. Earth Ministry then mobilizes the faith community to legislative advocacy based on those priorities.

Mainline Protestant

Earth Corps Advocacy Team

Towson Presbyterian Church Towson, MD When people use the words "creation care," they might not often be thinking of visits to Capitol Hill. Yet, that is exactly what members of the Towson Presbyterian Church Earth Corps do, on a regular basis, as a way to care for God's creation. Starting in 1991, individual members of Towson made trips to their representatives in Congress with the Presbytery of Baltimore's public policy advocacy...