Listed below are links to organizations and individuals who are dedicated to promoting and re-establishing compassion in society and religion. Our efforts are based upon sound Biblical teachings, many of which have been glossed over throughout the years. Far too many religious / spiritual leaders and their congregations have lost their discernment of God's compassionate intent toward all of creation, including people, animals and the environment.
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Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals
The Anglican Society for the Welfare of Animals is a UK based Christian
organization. Our main aim is to raise awareness of animal welfare
issues within the Anglican Church and the wider Christian community. We are
ecumenical and welcome all Christian denominations as members and
supporters.
Animal Agriculture Climate Change
It all started with a petition to Pope Francis (one of the foremost
champions of saving the earth from man-made destruction) took one of the
strongest stances on climate change. However, we feel he is not aware of the
animal agriculture connection with climate change. As we worked to promote
our petition, we decided that the broader we could cast our net and the more
people we could make aware of the issue, the better.
Animal Padre's Christians Against All Animal Abuse
James Thompson’s quest for Christian truth based on a Biblical foundation,
has led him to minister in several major denominations of the UK. Pastor James
wants to see a Christianity becoming as herbivorous as the original Paradise.
A Church’s Ark of salvation at least as accommodating as Noah’s.
Be Creature Kind
Engaging churches in new ways of thinking about animals and Christian faith,
with a special focus on farmed animal welfare. Mission: To show God’s love
to all God’s creatures. Vision: We want the church to participate in animal
protection, for the health and safety of all of God’s creatures. Our core
message is that we are CreatureKind together with other animals, and ought
to be CreatureKind in how we treat them.
Blessed Little Creatures
The Mockingbird outside my window, the lizard creeping down the tree, the
dog sleeping in my arms—every blessed little creature that I see inspires me
and brings me joy. I've seen bold, beautiful male cardinals pluck tiny seeds
from a dish and feed them to their children, and baby raccoons, smaller than
house cats, wrestle, play, then kiss their mother on the nose.
Catholic
Concern for Animals
CCA is active in promoting animal welfare and
related issues throughout the Catholic world and educating all Catholics
(and others) on Catholic teaching and practice on the issue of animal
welfare and compassion in line with published Catholic documents such as
Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter Laudato si’. CCA does this through
various means including our magazine, The Ark Magazine, and social
media.
Christ Loves Creatures, Too!
To promote biblically based Christian
compassion and stewardship toward God's animal creation through Bible
studies, lectures, articles and animal rights advocacy.
Christian Vegetarian Association (CVA)
Vegetarian advocacy is a form of Christian stewardship and discipleship,
because vegetarianism honors God by showing respect for God’s environment,
animals, and humans. When our lives honor God, we feel closer to God and
spiritually more fulfilled. So, encouraging people to try vegetarianism is
offering a gift, for them as well as for the rest of Creation. CVA is
looking for fellow Christians to help us promote vegetarianism in churches
and at denominational gatherings.
Christian Vegetarian Association UK (CVAUK)
Our mission is to support
and encourage Christian vegetarians in the UK to share with other Christians
how a vegetarian diet can add meaning to their faith and to show that a
plant based way of life represents good Christian stewardship for all of
God’s Creation.
Circle of Compassion
May all beings be free! Please join the Circle and together we will embrace the earth with an energy
field of love and compassion. Join us in affirmative prayer every day at
noon. We are worldwide.
Compassionate Spirit
This is a web site for people interested in simple living, nonviolence,
vegetarianism, and spiritual issues. The chief spiritual focus is
Christianity, but other religions are touched on as well. My hope is to bring
together people who are interested in a variety of issues related to urgently
needed social and cultural reforms.
Concern For Helping Animals in Israel (CHAI)
The mission of CHAI is to prevent and relieve animal suffering in Israel and
to elevate consciousness about animals through education. We strive to
foster empathy, respect, and responsibility toward all living beings, and to
inspire and empower people, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian, to recognize the
interconnectedness of all life and to make compassionate choices for the
good of all.
Dharma Voices for Animals
Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA) is an
organization of those committed both to practicing the teachings of the
Buddha (the Dharma) and to speaking out when animal suffering is supported
by the actions of those in Dharma communities and by the policies of Dharma
centers.
Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare
The Mission of the Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare is to create an
inclusive and mutually supportive venue for Episcopal animal advocates with
a variety of interests and gifts; and to offer our presence, passion,
enthusiasm and resources to help equip the churches to give meaningful voice
to every creature under Heaven, especially where neglect, cruelty,
degradation and commercial exploitation are concerned.
Food for Life Global
The distribution of sanctified plant-based meals has been and will continue
to be an essential part of India’s Vedic culture of hospitality from which
Food for Life was born. FFL is the world’s largest plant-based food relief
with 210 projects in 60 countries serving up to 2 million meals daily.
God's Creatures Ministry
Our mission is to light the way to the kingdom of God by promoting
compassion for all animals. All of creation is groaning in labor pains waiting
for the revelation of the children of God - hoping to be set free from slavery
to corruption (see Romans 8:19-22). Jesus came to set the captive free. He is
holding all things together (see Col. 1:15-17) until He comes again in glory.
Healthy Moms, Healthy Families
A Christ-centered ministry dedicated to
educating, inspiring and empowering people to steward their bodies as the temple
of the Holy Spirit.
Hemlock and
Hedgehogs
While this blog will address a wide range of topics that are pertinent to
philosophy and Christianity, it will primarily focus on a major justice
issue that, unfortunately, has not received as much attention in Christian
discourse: animal ethics.
Humane Religion
This organization, and
the magazine by the same name, are committed to publishing articles that will nurture and
support those who have been called to be part of the spiritual evolution that is
manifesting itself among those who understand that love and compassion must be the
hallmark of our relationship with all God's creatures.
International Gabriele Foundation
The goal of the International
Gabriele Foundation is to create habitats for animals in which they can lead
a life worthy of free creatures of God. According to their species, they
should be able to move freely and in peace, without fear of being persecuted
and tortured, in a growing positive connection to people, who approach them
with help and care, who show them respect, appreciation and friendship in
their feelings, thoughts and the selfless deed.
Jesus People for
Animals
Jesus' message is one of love and compassion,
yet there is nothing loving or compassionate about factory farms and
slaughterhouses, where billions of animals live miserable lives and die
violent, bloody deaths.
JesusVegans.com
We are building a vegan ecovillage where we joyfully encourage each other to
live the love-based teachings of Jesus. We believe in the Holy Trinity: The
Father, Jesus Christ His Son and the Holy Spirit who exist as one God now
and forever as revealed in Holy Scripture. We believe that the earth is the
Lord’s and all that is in it and that all creatures are made and loved by
God.
Jewish Vegetarians
of North America
The pre-eminent 18th-century rabbinic authority, R. Ezekiel Landau asserted
that the mere killing of an animal for food does not violate the prohibition
against tsa’ar ba’alei chayim; this prohibition is only applicable "if he
causes (the animal) pain while alive." In view of the horrible conditions
under which animals are raised today, it would be difficult to argue that
this biblical prohibition is not being severely violated.
Jewish Vegetarian
Society JVS - UK
JVS is an international charity, dedicated to promoting a kinder society,
without killing animals for food, where mankind is not cruel to fellow
beings, both human and animal.
Jews for Animal Rights
Resource site about Judaism and
animal rights books. Rabbi Avraham Kuk, who was the first chief rabbi of Israel
and wrote a pamphlet entitled "A Vision of Vegetarianism and Peace." Among
the things he wrote is the following: "...the free movement of the moral
impulse to establish justice for animals generally and the claim of their
rights from mankind are hidden in a moral psychic sensibility in the deeper
layers of the Torah."
Karuna Music and Art
Dr. Will Tuttle is an award-winning speaker, educator,
author and musician. His Music, writings and presentations focus on
creativity, intuition and compassion. His book The World Peace Diet
has been called one of the most important books of the 21st century: the
foundation of a new society based on the truth of the interconnectedness of
all life.
Nazarene Way
Simply stated, veganism is the conviction and practice of compassionate
living. Veganism is a way of living which excludes all forms of exploitation
and cruelty to the animal kingdom and includes reverence for all life...the
diet ordained by God.
Peace to All
Beings
This is a place to imagine, dream, pray, and believe that we human beings
can awaken to our higher consciousness, embrace a new paradigm of living in
harmony, rather than in fear and domination and become "Homo Ahimsa," my
term for the new nonviolent and kindhuman that we can become. This is a
place to bear witness to the violence around us and at the same time hold
fast to the bold vision of a world at peace, not only for people, but for
all life.
Quaker Concern for Animals
Quaker Faith and Practice states: “Show a loving
consideration for all creatures and seek to maintain the beauty and variety
of the world. Work to ensure that our increasing power over Nature is used
responsibly, with reverence for life.” John Woolman, the 18th century
American Quaker and anti-slavery pioneer, wrote: “To say that we love God
and at the same time exercise cruelty toward the least creature is a
contradiction in itself.”
SARX Christian Animal
Welfare
Sarx is a UK based charity which strives towards a world where Christians
lead the way in enabling animals to live with dignity, freedom and peace.
Shepherding All God's Creatures
We are Disciples of Jesus who love His animal kingdom! I, Kathy, started a
Spiritual venture a few years ago that has led me to this blog endeavor,
when one day I was awakened to the industrialization and incorporating of
animals into factory settings. Animals today are exploited on every level by
man: factory farms, vivisection, fur farms, puppy mills, canned hunting and
hunting in general as a sport, animals in entertainment, and others.
Silent Communion
Silent Communion is the precept that all of God's creation is perfect (by
His design), and that in being perfectly created by Him, He excludes no life
from the ability to commune with Him. Thus, Silent Communion represents not
a communion in silence, but a communion that is silent to mankind but
nevertheless exists fully in forms that we cannot understand.
Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians (SERV)
SERV is an
interfaith effort to gain a more humane, just, peaceful, and environmentally
sustainable world. We believe that applying spiritual values to scientific
knowledge encourages plant-based diets, with major benefits for humans,
animals, and the environment. We wish to respectfully make religious
communities aware that the realities of animal-based diets and agriculture are
inconsistent with basic religious teachings, such as those to treat animals
with compassion, preserve our health, protect the environment, conserve
natural resources, reduce hunger, and pursue peace and nonviolence.
St. Francis
Alliance: Faithful Voices For Animals
Faithful Voices for Animals is a group of Catholics and other people of good
will committed to seeking a just and compassionate world for all creatures.
Inspired by Pope Francis’s encyclical on integral ecology, Laudato Si’, we
aim to foster dialogue, to educate, and to act faithfully in our daily
choices to promote the inherent value of animals, who share our common home.
The Fellowship of Life (FoL)
A Christian-based vegetarian network
founded in 1973 to take ethical awareness of animal exploitation to the
Churches in Britain. In this century, the central aim of FoL activists has
been superseded by the Christian Vegetarian Association of the UK. The FoL
website currently constitutes a growing archive of Church-related animal
rights reportage from the 1970's to 90's and a small selection of leaflets
remain available.
The Vegan Muslim Initiative
The Vegan Muslim Initiative was founded by two vegan Muslims, Sammer Hakim
and Elysia Ward out of Australia and Canada respectively. After crossing
paths in late 2015 via our first Facebook group and sharing a passion for
health and the environment, we determined that if Muslims are going to be
relevant and positive contributors to our planet’s future, then there must
be a major paradigm shift in how we view and approach food. We seek to
educate our fellow men and women alike and encourage them to take the
compassionate road, towards a better future for all.
Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
Tibetan Volunteers for Animals (TVA) is a registered non-government and
non-profit organization registered under Karnataka Societies Act 1960. TVA
is managed and run by a group of young Tibetan activists determined to make
a difference. God loved the birds and invented trees. Man
loved the birds and invented cages...
Tree of Life Foundation
The vision of the Tree of Life Foundation
is to create a living experience of spiritually awakened, sustainable,
healthy living for the individual and the planet. We serve to provide people
of all faiths, religions, and spiritual paths a direct experience of what it
means to live a quality of life that is healing on all levels from the
agricultural interests of our society to personal and emotional health and
spiritual awareness.
Unitarian Universalists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
We acknowledge and affirm the kinship and interdependence of human and animal, and adopt ethics of interspecies
compassion as an integral component of liberal religion.
Universal Life, The Inner Religion
The one who follows Jesus, the Christ, without binding himself to priests and pastors, attains
happiness, security and freedom, and gains the inner life and experiences
the nearness of God. That is the life in everyday life.
Vegan
Church Zoetermeer, The Netherlands
Vegan Church is a platform that offers vegan christians of different
denominations the opportunity to meet each other and to connect their faith
with their vegan lifestyle.
Vegan Spirituality
Do you feel passionate about being vegan for ethical reasons? Is compassion
for all living beings fundamental to your spiritual beliefs? You can honor
your vegan ethics and nurture your spiritual self by joining our Vegan
Spirituality Community.
Vegetarian
Friends
Since its beginning in 1992, the Animal Kinship Committee
has encouraged Friends and others to look particularly upon the food on our
tables to see if the seeds of violence and destruction have nourishment
there.
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