Fifth Mark of Mission - Care for Creation

Along with many other churches and community groups, we seek to care for creation, putting into practice the Anglican Communion's Fifth Mark of Mission: 

• To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth. 

As part of the global church we are called to care not just for God’s creation, but for our brothers and sisters all over the world who face having their families uprooted and their livelihoods destroyed the effects of climate change.

- Archbishop Justin Welby wrote these words in his introduction to the book "Saying Yes to Life"

The Church of England has adopted this challenge and set ambitious targets and put in place plans to achieve it. In February 2020, General Synod voted to set a target for the whole Church of England of achieving ‘net-zero’ carbon by 2030. In July 2022 they approved a routemap after completing studies to understand the solutions, costs and challenges to meet the target. Our Diocese is also supporting this goal.