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A Rocha USA We are Christians in conservation with a mission to live out God’s calling to care for creation and equip others to do likewise. 🌱

A Rocha USA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national community of Christians working in conservation to protect and restore vulnerable habitats, species, and communities. Our programs and conservation projects focus on applied scientific research, environmental and theological education, and environmental action. Our key areas of work in the USA are marine conservation, climate action, and habitat preservation. As a part of the worldwide family of A Rocha organizations that span over 20 countries, we are committed to restoring people and places by providing resources and community for those interested in biodiversity conservation and caring for all of God’s creation.

The Northeast Corridor Churches of Restoration Cohort launched from the Lower East Side earlier this month! Eight church...
10/20/2026

The Northeast Corridor Churches of Restoration Cohort launched from the Lower East Side earlier this month! Eight churches from Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, Philadelphia and Boston gathered to learn how creation care takes shape in the heart of the city and discern what may be possible in their own contexts. Attendees from six years old to in their 60’s experienced just what can happen when people are committed, consistent and care for creation well.

We can't wait to come alongside them! 🙌

Is conservation a good investment? 🌳Our partners Texan by Nature's new Return on Conservation report estimates that in 2...
10/16/2026

Is conservation a good investment? 🌳

Our partners Texan by Nature's new Return on Conservation report estimates that in 2023, nearly $1 billion invested in Texas conservation generated about $5.1 billion in benefits like clean water, flood protection, and habitat. That's more than $5 back for every $1 overall, and about $10 back when the money goes straight into restoring and protecting land.

On the flip side, Texas puts just 0.03% of its GDP toward conservation, the same share as a decade ago.

A Rocha USA is part of this work in Austin, where we’ve removed 18,000+ invasive trees in the Bull Creek watershed and welcomed 496+ people to nature through Picnics en el Arroyo. 🌿 Learn more about how you can invest in conservation efforts in Texas: https://arocha.us/conservation-projects/texas

Source: Texan by Nature, Return on Conservation Report, 2nd Release (2026). Figures are estimated.

📸1,3 &5: Stennis Volunteer Day, A Rocha International

Can our creation care efforts bear witness to deeper and broader truths? Hear what a leader in our 2025-26 Churches of R...
10/15/2026

Can our creation care efforts bear witness to deeper and broader truths? Hear what a leader in our 2025-26 Churches of Restoration cohorts had to say about the program:

“It has significantly helped us to refine what we mean by practicing radical hospitality and bearing witness to Christ’s mercy-shaped justice via creation care.” -Kathy Maskell, Lead Pastor, East Denver Vineyard

We are excited to share some of the fruit of their labor, which is beautiful to see. An Earth Day service, rocks decorated by the congregation to border a new pollinator garden at Bellwether House, and weeding at Project Worthmore’s Delaney Farm, where refugees grow food from home. 🌱

Thank you, Pastor Kathy and the whole EDV community, for showing what it means to love our neighbors and places well.

Swipe to see their work.

How is your community practicing creation care? Share below!

10/14/2026

As the seasons change and we enter a harvest time where all creation reaps the fruit of the year's labor, we remember the sustaining love of our Creator, who desires all that is made to flourish.

As we rest and enjoy the good gifts of this season, may we be nourished to continue working toward creation's flourishing. 🍂

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we remember that caring for creation has always been rooted in relationship. Long before u...
10/12/2026

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, we remember that caring for creation has always been rooted in relationship. Long before us, Indigenous peoples knew the names, stories, and uses of the plants, animals, and waters of their places, and they continue to steward them today. 🌎

Around the world, A Rocha organizations are learning from and partnering with Indigenous and local communities:

🌿 In New Zealand: A Rocha Aotearoa NZ partners with Māori organization Para Kore on a zero waste program for churches.

🌳 In Ghana: A Rocha Ghana supports the Indigenous women-led Sunkpa Shea Women’s Cooperative in caring for the Mole Ecological Landscape. The cooperative won the 2022 Equator Prize.

🌊 In Canada: A Rocha Canada works with the Semiahmoo First Nation and the Shared Waters Alliance to monitor water quality in Boundary Bay, with the goal that the Semiahmoo can again harvest traditional foods like shellfish.

🌲 In Peru: A Rocha Peru partners with the Machiguenga Monte Carmelo Native Community to conserve ecosystems and preserve cultural traditions and ancestral knowledge.

🌺 In Hawai’i: Hakuhia, an A Rocha USA Affiliated Project in Kāne’ohe, is stewarding and restoring 240+ acres of former golf course land, integrating Native Hawaiian culture and wisdom while glorifying God and serving their community.

What land are you on? Share with us in the comments below!

Read more in “All Things Are Connected”: https://arocha.us/all-things-are-connected

📸: Tuma Mbulu hands Melia volkensii seedlings to a colleague at Kathithu Gospel Tabernacle Church, Kenya, November 2022

Birds are on the move again. 🕊️For World Migratory Bird Day, we're celebrating Eastern Avenue Church in Grand Rapids, MI...
10/10/2026

Birds are on the move again. 🕊️

For World Migratory Bird Day, we're celebrating Eastern Avenue Church in Grand Rapids, MI. Every spring, this congregation worships outdoors at a local nature preserve, singing alongside returning migratory birds, followed by a birding walk together. Read their story here: https://arocha.us/churches-of-restoration-in-michigan-song-of-wing-and-waters

📸1: “Early Bird Worship” service at the Calvin University Ecosystem Preserve.
📸2: Eastern Bluebirds, Rebekah Novak

Christianity Today recently covered A Rocha France’s role in calling evangelical Christians in France to apply Biblical ...
10/09/2026

Christianity Today recently covered A Rocha France’s role in calling evangelical Christians in France to apply Biblical teachings on justice, creation care, and love of neighbor to the increasing challenges of extreme heat every summer. Swipe through to learn about some of the challenges and opportunities for churches when it comes to extreme heat around the world.

We’re so glad to be part of a movement of Christians worldwide leading the way in practicing a holistic gospel that is still good news, even in our climate-changed world.

Christianity Today a récemment évoqué le rôle d'A Rocha France, qui appelle les chrétiens évangéliques de France à appliquer l'enseignement biblique sur la justice, le soin de la création et l'amour du prochain aux défis grandissants des chaleurs extrêmes, chaque été. Faites défiler les diapositives pour découvrir quelques-uns des défis et des opportunités qui se présentent aux Églises face aux chaleurs extrêmes dans le monde.

Nous sommes heureux de faire partie d'un mouvement de chrétiens du monde entier qui montrent la voie en vivant un évangile global et intégral, qui reste une bonne nouvelle, même dans un monde transformé par le changement climatique.

Read more/pour en savoir plus: https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/france-heatwave-church-response/

P.S. Envie d'agir pour le climat ? Rejoignez-nous du 18 au 24 octobre aux Courmettes pour une semaine de formation "Energie et Climat" : comprendre les enjeux, discerner, agir — avec d'autres chrétiens engagés sur ces questions.
inscriptions par ici :
https://www.courmettes.com/energie-et-climat-comprendre-pour-agir

Planning day with A Rocha Wheaton College! 🌿Our Executive Director, Ben Lowe, who first got involved with A Rocha as a W...
10/09/2026

Planning day with A Rocha Wheaton College! 🌿

Our Executive Director, Ben Lowe, who first got involved with A Rocha as a Wheaton student, met with A Rocha Wheaton College's leadership recently. Grateful for this next generation of students learning to know and love their local places through hands-on conservation and creation care.

Excited for what's ahead!

What changes when we see ourselves as fellow creatures rather than just stewards of the ocean?On October 22, Dr. Bob Slu...
10/08/2026

What changes when we see ourselves as fellow creatures rather than just stewards of the ocean?

On October 22, Dr. Bob Sluka, lead scientist of marine conservation, is bringing that question to George Fox University for the 15th annual Dalton Lecture. His evening keynote, "Creatureliness and Marine Conservation: Is a Manatee Really My Neighbor?", will share conservation stories from his experiences in Kenya, Florida, and New Zealand and show how our shared creatureliness can lead to action and hope for God’s oceans.

🗓️Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bauman Auditorium, Newberg, OR.
Free and open to the public!

Earlier that day, Bob will also give a 3:00 p.m. science presentation, "Hope for the Ocean: Marine Conservation in Action Around the World." Learn more about the work behind these talks at arocha.org/marine.

Happy October!As the seasons and colors change and fall begins, we pause to reflect on God's provision and lift up these...
10/07/2026

Happy October!

As the seasons and colors change and fall begins, we pause to reflect on God's provision and lift up these requests for the upcoming month.

Thank you for praying with us for the community of God's creation, our work here in the States, and A Rocha's work abroad. 🧡🍂

📸: Rebekah Novak

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