FossilFreeUMC

Evolve away from fossil fuels

Fossil Free UMC

The hope of an earth free of harmful fossil fuels is right in front of us. Our 2024 effort calls United Methodists to divest from fossil fuels at every level. Let us be righteous. Let us be a Just and Fossil Free people.”
Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. – Matthew 6:21

Renewing the Movement

A word from Rev. Sharon Delgado: Fossil Free UMC: Walking Our Talk about Climate Change

Why Divest from Fossil Fuels?

The burning of fossil fuels has caused devastating harm across the globe. Divestment is a moral commitment to ensure that the UMC does not invest in or draw profit from the oil and gas industry.

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News, updates & reflection

April 24, 2024

Donate to Support Fossil Free UMC at General Conference

Our task is a simple one: pass legislation at General Conference calling for The United Methodist Church to divest from fossil fuels. To do that, we need your help. The United Methodist Church pension and benefits agency, Wespath, holds over a billion dollars in fossil fuel investments. We don’t like those numbers. We don’t have…
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April 23, 2024

In Pictures: Fossil Free UMC joins Bank of America Protest

April 23rd, on the opening day of General Conference, members of Fossil Free UMC, The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, and UM Earthkeepers gathered for a prayer vigil at the Bank Of America headquarters in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. They were there to call for Bank of America to stop funding fossil fuels. They sang…
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Fossil Free UMC. 2016 – 2024

Remembering the 2016 effort! The huge push to divest in 2016 included events such as this evening Climate Vigil. We continue the journey to see the UMC become fossil free.