The Creation Care Movement
joins the “Coalition of the Willing”:
It’s time to sunset fossil fuels,
fascism,
and Christian nationalism.
Narya Communion invites you to
The Santa Marta cAmpaign of 2026
March and April 2026; and in Colombia, April 24-30
The sunset off the coast of Santa Marta, Colombia
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Two months of pro-active reflection and re-posturing:
Is the Holy Spirit calling you to join the new coalition of the willing who are:
rejecting silence and appeasement;
actively critiquing systems that perpetuate climate change and oppression; and
publicly declaring solidarity with those voices driving
the just transition away from fossil fuels,
the struggle against colonial supremacists,
the protection of environmental defenders?
The courageous leadership of Colombia and the Netherlands gives us our occasion: The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, scheduled for April 24-29 in Santa Marta, Colombia. Some of us will travel there as Civil Society climate observers, akin to the work we do at COP30. Most of us however can engage “The Santa Marta Campaign of 2026” through “distributed mobilization initiatives” (marches, etc.) and on-line working groups that collaborate in the seven weeks before the conference.
Join the Coalition of the Willing
from the creation care movement who will be issuing public interaction and support for these three statements:
Belém Declaration on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels
Reflection Questions: Does God have an invitation here for you:
to commit to working “towards a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels?” (cf Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty.)
to support “new complementary initiatives” and leadership outside the COP process?
to recognize that God’s creation does indeed have enemies, whom we can resist and love? (cf. Lowell Bliss, “Eight Things I Discovered About Loving Your Enemies at COP28.”)
Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30
Reflection Questions: Does God have an invitation here for you:
to begin to engage in critiques of systems— e.g., capitalism, religious traditions, and other systemic forces acting as sacred cows—as compared to just blaming individual polluters?
to fight for the protection of environmental and indigenous defenders? (cf. Global Witness: Roots of Resistance)
to recognize the role that white supremacy and colonialism play in climate change, and join the struggle to resist it wherever it is found? (cf. Lowell Bliss, “Greta, Please Forgive this Gaza Late Adopter”
A Call to Christians —in a Crisis of Faith and Democracy
Reflection Questions: Does God have an invitation here for you:
to resist anti-democratic authoritarianism, fascism, and state-sponsored violence in your country and globally?
to publicly resist Christian Nationalism as unChristian and contrary to the gospel?
to oppose the MAGA-idolatries that have co-opted many of our brothers and sisters in Christ?
to explore how climate change is not compartmentalized out from other atrocities, such as ICE killings in Minneapolis, etc.?