The Goal: 5,000 Conversations for Creation
Have a Conversation for Creation
Christians across the country are pledging to talk about caring for God’s creation with someone in their lives. Together, we’re starting 5,000 Conversations for Creation.
Let’s Talk About Creation Care.
God’s creation is beautiful, but it isn’t just a piece of scenery. It’s where we love our neighbors. It’s how we encounter God. And it’s what we’ve been entrusted to tend and keep.
Right now, creation is groaning. Climate change is harming the people and places we love, and it threatens to devastate the world we will leave our children.
Our faith calls us to respond. But where do we start?
With a conversation. Research shows the best thing each of us can do to address climate change is talk about it.
Join Christians across the country in talking to the people in your life about your love of creation, your concern about climate change, and how we can respond faithfully.
Our goal is simple: Start 5,000 Conversations for Creation. Will you commit to having one?
Progress: 5,000 Conversations for Creation
From California’s rugged coastline to Maine’s dense forests, Christians across the country are coming together to talk about God’s wondrous world. Each marker on the map below represents a person who has pledged to have a Conversation for Creation.
Free Guide: Prepare for Your Conversation for Creation
Want to talk about creation care, but not sure how to get started? Download our free Guide to Climate Communication to Christians. This resource brings proven practices for communicating about climate change into a Christian context, so you can break down walls and connect with your community.
Three Steps: How to Have a Conversation for Creation
If talking about climate change feels intimidating, you’re not alone. But with a little preparation, your conversation for creation can become an opportunity to connect, listen, and encourage one another. Here’s how:
Listen First
Any good conversation starts with listening. Consider what matters to your conversation partner, and connect creation care to the people, places, and things they love.
Listen First
Any good conversation starts with listening. Consider what matters to your conversation partner, and connect creation care to the people, places, and things they love.
Lead With Love
People respond to stories, not statistics. Tell your conversation partner about the places in creation that matter most to you, and share how climate change harms those places.
Lead With Love
People respond to stories, not statistics. Tell your conversation partner about the places in creation that matter most to you, and share how climate change harms those places.
Speak From Faith
State why your faith calls you to care for creation. Explain not just that you see creation care as a duty, but how these actions help you deepen your love of God.
Speak From Faith
State why your faith calls you to care for creation. Explain not just that you see creation care as a duty, but how these actions help you deepen your love of God.
Pledge to Have a Conversation for Creation
Join Christians around the country in pledging to share your love of creation, your concern about climate change, and how we can respond faithfully with at least one person in your life.
Climate Change Close to Home
From Indiana’s tallgrass prairies to the rolling hills of Southern California, the places we live shape us, our communities, and our relationship with God.
Learn how climate change is impacting your region, and how Christians are responding with hope:
How Christian Communities are Responding
Across the United States, church communities are coming together to answer our calling to care for creation. Along the way, they’re deepening their love of God and their connection to one another.
See how churches throughout the country are connecting by caring for creation:
Related Resources
Find free resources, articles, and podcasts that will deepen your connection to the Creator and his wondrous creation.
Downloads
Guide to Climate Communication to Christians
Our Climate Communication guide empowers Christians to have faithful, fruitful, and gracious conversations about creation care with their communities.
Downloads
Becoming Communities of Creation
Becoming Communities of Creation is a one-stop guide for ministry and lay leaders looking to bring their community together in the act of caring for creation.
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Worship with the Wild
Worship with the Wild equips lay leaders to bring their small groups into God’s world, where participants can praise the Creator and grow closer to one another.
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