Who We Are
We're engaging churches in new ways of thinking about farmed animals and food systems in connection to Christian faith.
Our Vision
Justice and Joy for All God’s Creatures
Our Mission
To transform Christian attitudes and practices toward animals through advocacy and education.
Our Goals
CreatureKind offers comprehensive programming to enable:
Christians to connect the flourishing of humankind, animals, and the earth as integral to their faith.
Christian leaders to effectively promote concern for animals.
Christians to adopt practices that respect God’s creatures and creation.
Brief History
CreatureKind works from within the Church to shift the culture of Christianty, to connect Christians with the actionable belief that farmed animals and all who are impacted by the industrial food system are worthy of dignity and liberation. CreatureKind was born out of a UK ethicist’s and US activist’s desires to bridge a perceived gap between concern for farmed animals and food systems, and Christian faith in practice.
- July 2016
- November 2016
- April 2017
- December 2017
- July 2018
- September 2018
CreatureKind launches at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics by co-founders David Clough and Sarah Withrow King
CreatureKind announces the University of Winchester as our first CreatureKind Institution.
CreatureKind launches a free six-week small group course on Christianity and animals, the first of its kind.
CreatureKind held a retreat for Christian animal advocates at a spiritual retreat center in Philadelphia, PA. The nun who ran the kitchen said the opening night was the first vegan meal she had ever prepared, and by the closing meal, she had resolved to include a vegan section in the cookbook she’s writing.
CreatureKind launches DefaultVeg, a project to encourage all organizations to make a simple cost-free policy change in relation to events catering, that effectively reduces consumption of animal products while allowing everyone to eat what they want.
CreatureKind co-founder David Clough awarded a £450,000 research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a three-year project on the Christian Ethics of Farmed Animal Welfare in partnership with major UK churches and a number of other organizations. This work lays the foundation for similar projects in other nations.
- December 2019
- January 2020
- April 2020
- March 2022
- April 2025
A small group in Washington, DC commits to reduce or eliminate their consumption of nearly all animal products as a result of the CK course. “[the] topic of food access and how animal welfare connects with Black/Brown welfare was a big part of our discussions, as we applied the Bible study in our context…”
CreatureKind incorporates as a non-profit in Oregon and receives federal tax-exempt status.
CreatureKind launches our CreatureKind Fellowship Program to help emerging leaders develop and hone their leadership skills and deepen their theological understanding of Christianity and animals.
CreatureKind partners with NRPE, CJM, and the Brooks Institute to host a webinar series and 48 hour in-person meeting with 15 representatives of US church denominations to discuss Christian ethical concerns about animal agriculture
CreatureKind launches a pilot DefaultVeg Congregations program encouraging churches to adopt food policies with plant-based defaults
