Church leaders from across Devon, who were gathered for a meeting during Climate Week in March 2013, have signed Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday Declaration calling for more action from churches and communities to address the growing threat of climate change.
Ash Wednesday Declaration
Press release: Ash Wednesday DeclarationFebruary 2012: Operation Noah launches the Ash Wednesday Declaration, calling for repentance over the prevailing 'shrug-culture' towards climate change. |
Responding to the CallIf you have responded to this Call to the Church, here are some suggestions of what you might choose to do next. |
EndorsementsWe have received a number of moving quotes about the Ash Wednesday Declaration. |
Signatories and supportersWe are hugely encouraged by leading church figures, across the denominations, who have signed the Ash Wednesday Declaration. |
Sign the DeclarationJoin key leaders from major UK denominations, and Christian organisations working on climate change, in signing Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday Declaration. |
Copies of the DeclarationDownload or order your copies of the Ash Wednesday Declaration. |
Read the DeclarationThe full text of Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday Declaration, launched on 22nd February 2012. |
Our Theology GroupOperation Noah's theology think tank met and corresponded during 2011 and 2012 to produce Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday Declaration, launched on 22 February 2012. |
Why climate change is a confessional questionThe threat of runaway climate change is the most significant moral question facing us today, argues David Atkinson in an article for Church Times. It reaches to the heart of the faith: our relationship to God’s earth and to each other. |
The Ash Wednesday DeclarationClimate change and the purposes of God: a call to the ChurchOperation Noah launched The Ash Wednesday Declaration on 22nd February 2012 at the start of the Christian season of Lent. The Declaration, written by Operation Noah’s theology think tank, challenges the church to realise that care for God’s creation – and concern about climate change - is foundational to the Christian gospel and central to the church’s mission. |
