Going to the vegan chapel, and we’re gonna eat be-e-e-rries …
OK, that was bad. But you can go to an all-vegan chapel! More and more Christians are realizing that loving God means loving all of His creation—which means being kind to animals. (The Daniel Plan, anyone?) Vegan churches and pastors are out there, and the list is growing. Our friends at All-Creatures.org did the legwork and compiled a directory, and they’re letting PETA LAMBS share the information with our members.
So whether you’re searching for a new place to worship, you want to meet more like-minded people, you’d like to pick up some fresh ideas to make your home church more animal-friendly, or you actually are planning to get ma-a-a-rried, here are the vegan churches and pastors in the U.S. and Canada.
Vegan Churches
Nonvegan members are always welcome in these vegan churches, but all events follow animal-friendly guidelines:
- One Love Animal Connection Ministry, all services online
- Souls Unfolding, Mesa, Arizona
- The Liberal Catholic Church of Our Lady and All Angels, Ojai, California
- Health Minister South Eastern U.S. Home Church, Forsyth, Georgia
- Heron House, Mountain Park, Georgia
- Abbey Church Essene, Merrimac, Massachusetts
- All-Creatures.org Home Church, Athens, New York
- Compassion Consortium, New York, New York, and online (Interfaith)
- Mercy Junction Justice and Peace Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Universal and Apostolic Church, Alma, West Virginia
Vegan-Friendly Churches
Connect with more vegan Christians and let your animal-friendly light shine:
- Herndon Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
- Unity in Marin, Novato, California
- Ojai Friends Worship Group, Ojai, California
- Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Vista, California
- Holy Nativity Parish, Los Angeles, California
- Orange Grove Friends Meeting, Pasadena, California
- Unity of Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
- Unity of Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce, Florida
- Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Sandy Springs, Georgia
- Wellspring Fellowship Church of Christ, Waipahu, Hawaii
- Open Table United Church of Christ, Ottawa, Illinois
- Northside Friends Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
- Ecumenical Campus Ministries, Lawrence, Kansas
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Andover, Massachusetts
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, Kingston, New York
- Center for Spiritual Living Greater Dayton, Kettering, Ohio
- Eastside Community Church, Austin, Texas
- Bradford Community Church Unitarian Universalist, Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Vegan Pastors
Love learning what scripture teaches about kindness to animals? These vegan ministers can help:
- Karen Cleveland, One Love Animal Connection Ministry, online
- Natalie Lehman, Co-Minister, Unity Spiritual Center of the Mohave Valley, Bullhead City, Arizona
- Bebe Gray, Rev. Marvin Brown, and Dr. Sailesh Rao, Souls Unfolding, Mesa, Arizona
- Donatello Iocco, St. Ambrose Roman Catholic Church, Toronto, Canada
- Julie West, Heron House, Mountain Park, Georgia
- David Cady, Wellspring Fellowship Church of Christ, Waipahu, Hawaii
- Carol Saunders, The Spiritual Forum, Deerfield, Illinois
- Rev. Christopher Golding, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (sermons and prayer also available online and over the phone)
- Kaleel Sakakeeny, Pet Ministry Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
- Dr. Lawrence Jay, Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center, North Andover, Massachusetts
- Jan Fredericks, God’s Creatures Ministry, Wayne, New Jersey
- Pastor Frank Hoffman, All-Creatures.org Home Church, Athens, New York
- CC Coltrain, Center for Spiritual Living Greater Dayton, Kettering, Ohio
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If none of these locations are near you, many churches are offering livestreams of their services as well as websites and Facebook pages where you can connect with the congregation and pick up valuable ideas on ways to introduce your home church to animal-friendly living. Know of another church or pastor we should include on this list? Drop us a line at [email protected].
