ADRA and the Jesuit Order United in Mission to Save the World at COP30

Adventists, through the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), have formally joined COP30—the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place from November 10 to 21, 2025. This major global gathering has brought together heads of state, government officials, UN agencies, Vatican officials, multinational corporations, civil society groups, and religious organizations to negotiate and coordinate international climate policy. By participating in COP30, ADRA stands alongside some of the world’s most influential political, religious, and economic leaders, contributing to discussions that aim to reshape global climate action, sustainability frameworks, and long-term environmental strategies in alignment with the agendas being advanced by the Vatican and the United Nations.

ADRA has recently published a report proudly highlighting its participation in COP30, presenting its involvement at the United Nations Climate Conference as an extension of the Seventh-day Adventist mission. In the report, ADRA emphasizes that engaging with global climate policymakers is part of their commitment to safeguarding humanity’s “common home,” language that imitates the environmental narratives promoted by papal encyclicals and UN mandates.

On November 5, 2025, ADRA published the following about COP30:

• “As the world prepares to gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, ADRA calls upon our global church family to join us in prayer, reflection, and action for creation, for justice, and for those most affected by the degeneration of the creation that has been gifted to us as stewards.” [1]

• “The world is changing fast, and biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and immense changes in weather are no longer distant threats. They are here, shaping the lives of farmers who can no longer predict their harvests, families who lose their homes to floods, and children whose futures are clouded by hunger and uncertainty.” [1]

• “At COP30, ADRA represents this spirit of faith in action—Our Call: Fund. Protect. Partner.” [1]

• “Communities on the frontlines of climate change are not waiting for others to act—they are already adapting, innovating, and caring for creation. But they cannot do it alone. We call on governments and institutions to provide direct, accessible, and fair climate finance—resources that reach local actors, faith-based organizations, and NGOs working hand in hand with communities. Faith in action means investing where it matters most.” [1]

• “Love moves us to act with courage and hope—to heal, restore, and protect creation, our common home.” [1]

• “As UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell recently said, ‘If we look past the noise, the facts show a world aligning with the Paris Agreement.’ Across our network, ADRA offices are already contributing to this transformation—reducing emissions, building resilience of local communities, and amplifying local leadership. Every tree planted, every livelihood restored, every life protected is part of this global story of faith in action.” [1]

• “Together for Creation—The Seventh-day Adventist Church has always upheld stewardship, compassion, and justice as expressions of our faith. As COP30 unfolds in the heart of the Amazon—a place where creation still sings its most powerful hymn—let us renew our commitment to care for the earth and for one another. May our prayers inspire action. May our faith move mountains. May our love heal creation. Justice. Compassion. Love.These are not just words—they are our calling.” [1]

At the head of this global environmental effort stands Pope Leo XIV, the climate change savior and warrior, who is pushing Laudato Si’, which includes a Sunday rest provision for the environment. [2] If Rome can encourage the world to declare a global climate crisis, it can rally nations behind a unifying cause and urge governments to enact sweeping climate laws. For generations, the papacy has sought to forge a new social, religious, and political movement capable of uniting humanity under its moral leadership. Today, it has found that opportunity within the modern environmental agenda. And now, through ADRA’s participation in COP30, Seventh-day Adventists have entered into full collaboration with this growing movement.

The Jesuits and the Climate Agenda

The Jesuit Order has launched its “Faith in Action at COP30” initiative, urging people everywhere to unite in a “shared calling to care for our common home.” [3] As part of this effort, they have introduced a comprehensive “Religious Life for Climate Justice” program, centered on the theme of “Turning Hope into Action.” Drawing direct inspiration from Pope Francis and Laudato Si’, the Jesuits are positioning themselves at the forefront of global faith-based climate advocacy, working to bring diverse religious communities together and “amplify the call” for climate justice. [3]

In the global movement to address climate change, two historically distinct religious bodies—the Seventh-day Adventist Church, through its humanitarian arm ADRA, and the Jesuit Order—are increasingly speaking and acting in harmony. Though separated by theology, history, and doctrine, both organizations are now aligning around a shared message: that faith must play a central role in confronting the planet’s environmental crisis. This convergence is most clearly seen at COP30, where both ADRA and the Jesuits are publicly promoting nearly identical themes of ecological stewardship, moral responsibility, and unified global action to protect our “common home.”

Both insist that saving the planet requires bold leadership from faith communities. Both call for cooperation among governments, civil society, and religious institutions. Both portray climate action as a sacred trust, a spiritual responsibility, and a mission that crosses denominational lines. And both have stepped into the global climate arena as religious voices seeking to influence and shape international climate frameworks.

A remarkable phenomenon is occurring today in Adventism. Under the leadership of Pope Leo XIV, churches, economists, environmentalists, policymakers, and governments are working together to heal the earth. [4] More churches are adding their names to the new religious crusade against climate change. The religion of ecology is replacing the everlasting gospel of Revelation 14:6–12, as many Seventh-day Adventists are moving from saving souls to saving the soil.

According to the Book of Revelation, the great adversaries in the last days were clearly identified as the beast, the image of the beast, and the false prophet. But today, that prophetic landscape has been rewritten in the minds of many. The very powers once recognized as end-time enemies are now being welcomed as partners. They have become our new allies in the global fight against greenhouse gases. In this revised, modernized end-time narrative, a growing segment of Adventism is fostering cooperation with the Vatican, the ecumenical churches, the United Nations, the European Union, the World Economic Forum, and other globalist institutions—all under the banner of “saving the planet.”

Once again, we are witnessing a tragic distortion of our faith. A rising number of Seventh-day Adventists are setting aside the warnings of Revelation 13, 14, 17, and 18 and instead reshaping their evangelism around climate activism, Catholic social teachings, and secular ideologies. The prophetic message is being replaced with a counterfeit mission, and the distinct voice God entrusted to His remnant people is being silenced in the name of environmental unity.

Political agendas have quietly entered the church, promoting secular sustainability narratives to our people—something truly astonishing to witness. Environmentalism has risen to become the world’s new global religion, and at the forefront of this movement stands the Vatican. When human ideologies are blended with Adventism, we inevitably drift from our prophetic mission and unique identity. We risk becoming just another denomination among the tens of thousands of churches in the world, indistinguishable in message or purpose. This is the very strategy of Satan, using the climate agenda as a unifying tool to gather the entire world under one banner. The question remains: why can’t our people discern what is happening before their very eyes?

“Satan determines to unite them in one body, and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of Spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world, and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium.” (Great Controversy, p. 588).

Sources

[1] https://adra.eu/cop30-from-the-amazon-to-the-margins-justice-compassion-love/

[2] https://adventmessenger.org/pope-leo-xiv-calls-on-the-jesuits-to-promote-global-systemic-change-through-solidarity-the-common-good-and-ecological-conversion/

[3] https://www.ecojesuit.com/cop30campaign/

[4] https://adventmessenger.org/pope-leo-at-cop30-calls-for-a-new-human-centered-international-financial-architecture-based-on-catholic-social-doctrines/