Faith-Based Global Warming Resources

Resources for Group Study, Worship and Sermons

  • "It's God's World: Christians, Care for Creation and Global Warming" A five-session study guide on global warming that interweaves information on Climate Change with relevant biblical passages. (This is a pdf file and you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view it.)
  • Use the video "God's Creation and Global Warming." It is an excellent tool for introducing the issue. Show it to an adult church school class, the women's and men's organization, the Senior High Fellowship etc. It is available from 800-762-0968 for $10.00. The order number is EJ0017. Contact cassandra@toad.net or click here.
  • Click here for a copy of Cry of Creation: an Interfaith Study Guide on Global Warming.
  • Click here to download a copy of the Earth Day 2004 Air resource
  • Click here to download a copy of The Manufacturer's Manual (a holistic, handbook of Bible-study, Devotional and Sermon ideas about global warming produced as a companion to the documentary "The Great Warming").
  • Carbon calculator for congregations
  • Click here for a Global Warming worksheet by the Maine Council of Churches
  • Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth (Global Warming Action Kit) This resource consists of useful materials for educating your congregation about global warming. Contents include a play entitled "Mother Earth vs. World's People" and production notes on how to produce this for your congregation, a green power pledge, extensive quotations on global warming, and more.
  • Download a Power Point Presentation called "God's Creation and Global Warming"
  • Download the Eco-Justice Global Warming Fact Sheet

Resources on How to Make Your Congregation Energy Efficient

Connect Your Congregation's Efforts With Other People of Faith

  • Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign This electronic advocacy network is an exciting and powerful tool, created to assist the faith community increase its outreach and communication capabilities on the issues of climate change and energy. People who join the campaign will be informed, through action alerts via e-mails, about the current public policy debates on climate change. They will also be provided information on how an individual, a community, and a congregation can have an impact on this critical environmental issue.
  • If your congregation is in one of the 18 states where there are Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaigns, email info@protectingcreation.org to see how you can participate in your state's campaign.
  • Contact the person who works on global warming for your denomination and ask about ways to get involved. Click here for a denominational contact list for eco-justice issues.