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Stay updated on the interfaith climate movement. Read on for the latest on religion, organizing, and climate change.
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Jim Antal
Jul 4, 20191 min read
Keeling Curve Prize Announcement
The UCC's efforts are cited by the World Council of Churches in becoming one of ten winners for the prestigious Keeling Curve Prize. The...
Jim Antal
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Press Coverage of UCC's Endorsement of Green New Deal
Religion New Service: https://religionnews.com/2019/07/02/ucc-general-synod-endorses-green-new-deal/
Jim Antal
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Bill McKibben Congratulates UCC
Watch the brief video of McKibben congratulating the denomination of his youth on its endorsement of the Green New Deal
Jim Antal
Jun 25, 20191 min read
HOW TO PREACH on the Green New Deal
Here are suggestions for how to preach on the Green New Deal!! https://www.ucc.org/preachinggreen
Jim Antal
Jun 19, 20191 min read
UCC National Synod Endorses Green New Deal with 96% vote
Read the resolution: https://bit.ly/2X5OKbE UCC becomes the first national Christian denomination to endorse the Green New Deal!!! Read...
Jim Antal
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Antal Receives Social Prophet Justice Award from national UCC
At the June 2019 UCC National Synod, Jim Antal was presented with the Social Justice Prophet Award. More details will be posted when...
Jim Antal
May 10, 20191 min read
Hosting Katharine Hayhoe: from climate crisis to moral imperative
Climate scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe offers a terrific youtube presentation suitable for church groups, pastors...
Jim Antal
May 10, 20191 min read
The Singular Vocation of the Church - John Dorhauer on saving the planet
Every pastor should read or listen to this compact witness by @JohnCDorhauer. Saving the planet must become the singular vocation of the...
Jim Antal
May 8, 20191 min read
Green New Deal Resolution going to UCC Synod in June
http://www.ucc.org/news_emergency_resolution_calls_for_endorsement_of_green_new_deal_05062019
Jim Antal
May 6, 20191 min read
2019 Steward of Creation Award to Jim Antal, Katharine Hayhoe and Gerald Durley
On May 6, 2019 the National Religious Coalition for Creation Care presented the 2019 Steward of Creation Award to Jim Antal, Gerald...
Jim Antal
Mar 21, 20191 min read
Christian Century Mag Reviews Climate Church, Climate World
In this kairos moment, will the church embrace a #GreenReformation? @WesleySnedeker reviews @JimAntal. ow.ly/kShN30nYFL4
Jim Antal
Mar 1, 20191 min read
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY asks: What Power Do We Have To Combat Climate Change?
"The power we learned in church: the power of the word...." Professor Patricia Prijatel finds hope and discovers both mission and...
Jim Antal
Feb 15, 20191 min read
UCC Leaders Endorse Green New Deal
http://www.ucc.org/news_the_green_new_deal_legislating_environmental_justice_02082019 With the release of the Green New Deal Resolution,...
Jim Antal
Dec 29, 20181 min read
Hope Stubborn as a Weed
SOJOURNERS magazine (Jan. 2019) features article by Jim Antal declaring that the climate movement is as unstoppable as a weed (Matthew...
Jim Antal
Oct 19, 20181 min read
1,000 sermons on #youthvgov climate #NoOrdinaryLawsuit
In the months leading up to the trial phase of Juliana v. United States, Clergy are preaching about climate change. They are invoking the...
Jim Antal
Jul 30, 20182 min read
Environmental Justice & Human Rights Solidarity
I had never been in a room where such courage had been concentrated. President Carter and his wife Roslyn were responsible for the...
Jim Antal
Jun 16, 20181 min read
UCC churches of New England work to organize progressive ‘Christian voice’
The Boston Globe recently covered a major shift for the UCC in New England. The article begins, United Church of Christ churches in...
Jim Antal
Jun 8, 20181 min read
Climate Advocates Find Ally in Orthodox Church Leader
ABC News recently published an article highlighting events at a climate change conference in Greece that Rev. Antal recently attended....
Jim Antal
May 24, 20181 min read
Chicago Tribune features 'Climate Church, Climate World'
The Chicago Tribune recently featured a piece titled "Do you believe in God? Then you have a moral duty to fight climate change, writes...
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