Maybe because that’s not what churches are for?
Why Aren’t We Talking About Climate Change in Church?
While nearly 90% of Christian religious leaders believe climate change is real and human-caused, most rarely discuss it with their congregations. A new study shows this silence has consequences—many church members underestimate their pastor’s views, and conversations about climate action stall. Yet we are uniquely called and positioned to lead. This piece from Blessed Tomorrow urges clergy and lay leaders alike to speak out, teach, and preach on creation care. Support and training are available for those ready to start. Click here to read the full article on Blessed Tomorrow.
Let’s see that article
Religious Leaders Are Silent About Their Beliefs
We are living in a climate changed world which is impacting everything we care about, from people and places devastated by climate disasters, to our health, food, economy, and more. Holy Scriptures remind us that the earth is sacred, (Psalm 24, Colossians 1.15-20, Genesis 1) and we are called by God to care for it. ecoAmerica’s research shows that 72% of Americans are concerned about climate change, (1) and yet, among those who attend religious services at least monthly, U.S. Catholics indicate that climate change is not discussed frequently from the pulpit and 41% say there is no discussion of climate change. (2)
While at the same time, almost 90% of Christian religious leaders at the head of a congregation believe in anthropogenic (human caused) climate change. A study published in March 2025 titled Most Christian American religious leaders silently believe in climate change, and informing their congregation can help open dialogue (3) showed only about half ever discuss climate change with their congregations, a quarter speak publicly about climate change once or twice, and only 5% discuss it more than once a month.
Katharine Hayhoe says that the most important thing we can do about climate change is to talk about it. (4) Congregational religious leaders are uniquely positioned to make a positive climate impact as 2 out of 3 Americans believe they have a high ethical standard and are directly impacted by their local church leadership. When faith leaders silence themselves on climate change, it contributes to member’s hesitancy around discussing climate change with each other:
You get the point. But, they miss that church is a place to talk about The Bible. About God. Jesus. Those associated. And, then Exodus 20
1 Then God spoke all these words:
2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
A doomsday cult should not be operating in a church. They should not be worshiping the tenants of a doomsday cult. Bowing to the climate gods. If they are yammering about a climate cult’s beliefs in church they are putting other gods before Him. If these leaders in churches are interested, do it outside of church. They’d still be breaking their oaths to God.
Mr Teach: But, they miss that church is a place to talk about The Bible. About God. Jesus.
And abortion, gays, Ten Commandments in school etc
Sadly, most pastors don’t talk about prenatal infanticide, because while they know and understand it to be a great evil, they also know that a significant percentage of their parishioners probably support that vile practice.
Considering the first is ELCA and the second is affiliated with the ELCA, and numerous other liberal denominators, it’s unlikely they’d talk about God anyway. Unless it’s the divine feminine, or through a queer lens, or some other sick, twisted nonsense.
Don’t they all have the same God and Jesus? Only the fundamentalist denominations are driven by hate, sort of like the fundamentalist Muslims.
What Would Jesus Do?
Run the climate money changers out of the temple.
Our self-proclaimed atheist (or agnostic) wrote:
He would tell you, as he already has, that the laws against adultery and homosexual activity, handed down from God’s revelation to Moses, were still in force, and that they would remain in force until heaven and earth both passed away. (Matthew 5:17-19) He would tell you that those who harm the innocent would be better off were a great millstone tied around their necks and thrown into the sea. (Matthew 18:6)
What you see as “hate,” sensible and moral people see as the laws of God.
In order to keep people from walking out, many churches today avoid controversial subjects, like politics and religion.
Teach attends church as frequently as ….Trump?
Mr Smith² wrote:
We don’t know, because he hasn’t told us. What everyone here does know is that I am a Mass-every-Sunday Catholic, and occasionally during weekdays as well.
At 7:00 PM tonight, we’ll have our Holy Thursday Mass, at which I am required to attend, wearing my sandals, because we’ll have the Washing of the Feet, and I’m not embarrassed to go up front for that. Tomorrow is Good Friday, and Mass again at 7:00 PM. We have been doing Stations of the Cross every Friday evening during Lent, which I missed only once due to the road being flooded.
Donald Trump claims to be something or other, Presbyterian or Methodist or something like that, but no, he doesn’t attend church very often. Morally, he’s not a good guy at all. But compared to our Mass-every-Sunday previous President, who championed prenatal infanticide and transgenderism and just about every other immoral thing the woke left proclaim, he’s a far better President for our United States, and the world.
That’s because everyone, and I mean everyone, knows that proposals to fight
global warmingclimate change will cost people money, lots of money, and if pastors start pushing that with their congregations, that will mean fewer dollars for the churches!But there’s more:
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So, the most intelligent and moral people in the country, Christians, voted heavily in favor of Donald Trump, and the Christian ‘religious leaders’ also knew their parishioners, and understood that preaching on
global warmingclimate change could alienate some of their flock.Fat Jeff has changed his mo.
Churches don’t have to talk about climate crisis; they’re already communist sympathizers.