Download the opening chapter of Green The Church the first comprehensive framework connecting Black Church tradition to climate leadership.
Packed with prophetic vision and practical strategy, Green The Church will show your congregation how to move from awareness to advocacy — and from inspiration to transformation.
Endorsed by
New Birth Missionary Baptist Hip Hop Caucus Interfaith Power & Light Young, Gifted & Green Providence Baptist Church
Hi, I'm Rev.
Dr. Ambrose F
Carroll, Sr.
I was raised in the Black Church — shaped by its discipline, its music, its prayers, and its insistence that God is always at work in history. The church formed my imagination. It taught me how to see suffering and how to organize hope.
After fifteen years of frontline organizing at the intersection of faith and environmental justice, I wrote Green The Church to give pastors, lay leaders, and activists the theological grounding and practical tools to lead the climate movement the Black Church was always meant to lead.
I'm the founder of Green The Church — a national movement equipping faith communities with clean energy, climate resilience tools, and community leadership frameworks. This book is the blueprint.
"We do not need to become environmentalists.
We are revivalists. The work
of environmental justice
is revival work.
Rev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll, Sr., Green The Church
The Book's Structure
Knowledge. Action. Power.
Green The Church is organized around three essential movements — each building on the last, each rooted in what the Black Church has always known how to do.
Knowledge
Root your work in biblical mandates and ancestral ecological wisdom. Understand the theological foundations that make creation care inseparable from the Gospel.
Action
Transform sanctuaries into solar-powered resilience hubs, vacant lots into food sovereignty sites, and worship into community healing practice.
Power
Mobilize churches to influence policy, build coalitions, and create lasting wealth through cooperative economics — not as participants, but as leaders.
The Organizing Framework
"A prophetic blueprint for
the future of faith and justice."
"Green The Church is not just a book — it is a prophetic blueprint for the future of faith and justice. Reverend Dr. Ambrose Carroll masterfully calls the Black Church back to its sacred assignment to heal both people and planet. This is revival for our generation, and a necessary guide for any leader committed to building a just, sustainable, and Spirit-led future. This is genius!"
Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant
Senior Pastor, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church
Inside the Book
What You'll Find
Sixteen chapters across five elements, plus appendices with sermon foundations, a theological glossary, timeline of Black Church ecological witness, and funding resources.
Element I
Knowledge — The Theological Foundation
Sacred Roots: Where Scripture Meets Soil
Understanding Our Theological Foundation
The Emergence of Green Liberation Theology
Preaching Green Sermons That Transform
Element II
Action — Practical Community Transformation
Green Sanctuary: The Church as Resilience Hub
Food Sovereignty & the Preacher-Farmer Tradition
Worship That Heals the Land
Element III
Power — Systems Change & Movement Building
Environmental Justice in Action
Building Coalitions for Systemic Change
The Wealth-Building Imperative
Element IV
R.A.C.E. in Full Motion
Resilience: Staying Ready for What's Coming
Authenticity: Living in Truth
Courage: Speaking Truth in Dangerous Times
Empowerment: From Mission Field to Mission Force
Start Your Journey
Who This
Book Is For
Green The Church is written for every part of the Body. Wherever you're starting from, the framework meets you there. You don't need a large budget. You don't need a perfect building. You don't need all the answers before you begin.
Pastors & Preachers
Sermon foundations that connect scripture to soil, theological frameworks for preaching environmental justice, and leadership strategies for moving from inspiration to implementation.
Lay Leaders & Ministry Teams
Practical projects like gardens, solar installations, and resilience hubs, plus organizing strategies and grant-writing resources for climate funding.
Young Adults & Youth
Theological grounding for your environmental activism, historical context about ancestral ecological wisdom, and practical skills for organizing and building sustainable communities.
Community Organizers & Scholars
Case studies from congregations across the nation, policy frameworks, cooperative economics models, and a full academic reference list.
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