Religious Lands Conservancy

Over the past twenty years, many religious congregations have explored the insights of the "New Story" to reassess their missions and ministries. These insights, particularly as articulated by Thomas Berry, have provided a compelling framework for determining the roots of our present cultural crisis and providing fresh new directions for responding to them. Land conservancy represents but one of these new directions.

Many congregations have come to feel a growing responsibility to initiate a new relationship with their lands at the same time they are experiencing their own financial pressures. Concurrently, land protection groups are realizing that these very lands, taken together, constitute an outstanding collection of unprotected natural areas and open spaces. These lands are often in large parcels that contain significant natural and community resources.

If you have been considering the options for your own congregational lands and would like to enter further conversation or learn of resources particular to your situation, we can help make connections.

View the report from the October, 2005 conference, Saving Creation: Conservancy of Religious Lands.