The Keynote Address by Pat Gonzales-Rogers for the Seventh Assembly is Beyond Extraction: Public Lands, Native Precepts, and Our Sacred Inheritance. The speech critiques the Western profit extraction model for causing ecological degradation and climate crisis. It contrasts this with traditional Native worldviews and governance frameworks like the ʻAha Kiole, Read more
2026 FL-iCAN! The Economy of Earth Agenda (subject to change) Friday, Sept 25 1 -3 pm Pre-event excursions:Echo Farms – N Ft Myers Plan 1 hr travel time. 4 pm Tabling set up Tabling 4-5:30 pm 5 pm Registration 5:30 pm Welcome and Introduction Rev Dr. Russell Read more
Connect. Learn. Put Creation Care Into Practice.Registration is open for the upcoming FL-iCAN! Assembly training for faith leaders across Florida. Register here: https://bit.ly/FLiCAN Economy in the New Testament means “the order of the household” and, in part, referred to the household of the whole inhabited earth. Nature wastes nothing, but humanity Read more
Sowing the Harvest Advocacy Days, Jan. 14-15 The 2026 Florida Faith Advocacy Days are Wednesday and Thursday, January 14-15, during the first week of the Florida Legislature. Make your plans to join us now. The 2026 theme is Sowing the Harvest! which explores how the ministries we do in our Read more
The Florida Legislature is in regular session in January through early March. Some 900 bills have been filed, though most of them will not be heard. What will be considered will effect the lives of every Floridian. In the last few years Florida has gone from an affordable place to Read more
Speaking for Floridians Advocacy Days in Tallahassee February 14-15, 2023 Over the past few years Florida has become the most expensive state to live in. It’s surprising because so many moved here for the good weather and low cost of living. The state coffers are flush with money, yet the Read more
We invite faith leaders to sign-on to this statement using the link to this online form: https://forms.gle/Du6S8QQPzwX95Xp9A Statement on Addressing Antisemitism following Florida-Georgia Game A coordinated campaign of antisemitism marred the annual Florida-Georgia football game played in Jacksonville on October 29, 2022. Signage on highway overpasses leading to and from Read more
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April 21, 2021 Statement on the Verdict in the Murder of George Floyd In a just America, George Floyd would be with his family, fully employed, and able to access healthcare. In our America, a “bouquet of by-standers” witnessed his murder and captured it on videotape. They made it possible Read more
On February 25, faith leaders held a panel on the upcoming Florida legislative session. Below is a letter of encouragement to the legislature. Faith leaders are invited to co-sign the letter. Faith Leaders Statement to the 2021 Florida Legislature You were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only don’t Read more