The Center for Reconciliation will host a presentation with Creation Justice Ministries: Creation Justice: Faithful Action in a Time of Climate Change. Conflict is a natural part of life and occurs in the home, school, community, church, and/or workplace. The ways we understand and engage issues of conflict have implications for personal, community, and institutional thriving. The Center for Reconciliation is pleased to host a series of conversations meant to introduce individuals and organizations working on particular aspects of justice, transformation, and reconciliation. The goal of this series is to help the Duke Divinity School community develop theological language, moral imagination, and practical resources for dealing effectively with tough issues facing our churches and our world.
Meet the Presenter
Avery Davis Lamb, has served as co-executive director of Creation Justice Ministries since 2021. Creation Justice Ministries’ mission is to educate, equip, and mobilize communions and denominations, congregations, and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God's creation. Avery has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Sustainability from Pepperdine University. Currently, he is at Duke University pursuing a Master of Environmental Management in Ecosystem Science & Conservation and a Master of Theological Studies, with certificates in Faith, Food & Environmental Justice, and Community-Based Environmental Management. His research focuses on the role of religious communities in building climate resilience and adaptation, with emphasis on the virtue of “climate hospitality.”
Creation Justice Ministries’ membership includes baptist, historically Black, orthodox, peace, and mainline protestant traditions. Through its 38 denominational and communion members, Creation Justice Ministries serves about 100,000 churches and 45 million people in the United States. Based on the priorities of its members, with a particular concern for people who are most vulnerable and marginalized, Creation Justice Ministries provides collaborative opportunities to build ecumenical community, guide people of faith toward eco-justice transformations, and raise a collective witness in the public arena echoing Christ's call for just relationships among all of creation. Learn more about Creation Justice Ministries.