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Community organizer and activist gets a lift from like-minded Presbyterians

Posted May 31st, 2024

Emma Lockridge, who five years ago told the PC(USA)’s Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment how living near a refinery had disastrously impacted her and her neighbors, updated her story — made even more compelling by her photographs — this week during the most recent episode of “A Matter of Faith: A Presby Podcast.”

PC(USA) delegation reflects on global climate summit and looks to the future

Posted February 28th, 2024

The belief that people of faith have an obligation to make their voices heard in the fight against climate change was expressed during a recent webinar by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterians for Earth Care.

Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment adopts its Mission Work Plan

Posted October 21st, 2022

The Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment foreshadowed its next proxy season Thursday by discussing and approving a new 2022-23 Mission Work Plan.

Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment approves selective divestment list that includes five fossil fuel companies

Posted October 12th, 2022

The Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment has approved its divestment/proscription list for 2023, incorporating five energy companies that the 225th General Assembly agreed should be added to the list for lack of alignment with PC(USA) policy.

‘GA, Creation Care and You’

Posted July 22nd, 2022

Nearly 90 people tuned in to a Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar Thursday for a look back at what commissioners and advisory delegates to the 225th General Assembly did to care for God’s Creation.

What happens when the PC(USA) engages an insurance giant on climate change?

Posted May 18th, 2022

The Presbyterian Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) regularly engages corporations in which the church’s entities own stock to persuade them to bring their practices in line with Presbyterian policy on a number of issues.