Wise Words

"Just as atomic weapons changed the very way we thought about life, so too the potential of major climatic changes puts life as we know it in danger."

"This is not an issue for the future: severe consequences are already being experienced by millions of people. We can prevent catastrophic climate change . . . if we find effective ways of combining the voice of the churches with others who can make a difference. We must call on all churches to speak to the world with one voice on addressing the threat of climate change."
The Rev. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary, World Council of Churches

Acting on global warming is a faith issue

Most faiths and denominations have strong statements on stewardship of God's creation in general and on global warming and energy stewardship in particular.

Interfaith Statements

Interfaith Organizations

Statements by National Religious Partnership for the Environment

The National Religious Partnership for the Environment (NRPE) recently issued an interfaith statement and a letter to Congress addressing global warming and its effects on the poor and the powerless. NRPE is a partnership of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches of Christ, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Individual Faiths and Denominations

African Methodist Episcopal Zion

  • Signatory to "Let There Be Light"
  • Signatory to "The Earth is the Lord's"

American Baptist

Bahai International Community

Buddhism

Christianity

Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Church of the Brethren

Community of Christ

Episcopal Church

Evangelical

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

First National People of Color

Friends United Meeting (Quaker)

Islam

Judaism

Mennonite Church USA

Moravian Covenant for Christian Living

Orthodox Churches

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

Quaker (See Friends United Meeting)

Reformed Church in America

Roman Catholic Church

Sikh

Unitarian Universalist Association

United Church of Christ

United Methodist Church

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