A thousand churches. It is a number worth pausing over. In a denomination that has been wrestling with questions of decline and renewal, the fact that more than 1,000 Methodist churches have enrolled in the Eco Church programme — and that over 700 of them have already achieved an award — is a genuine cause for celebration. Eco Church, run by A Rocha UK, challenges congregations to take creation care seriously across every aspect of church life: their buildings, their land, their worship, their community engagement, and their individual lifestyles. It is not a tick-box exercise. The awards — bronze, silver, and gold — require real change, real commitment, and real investment of time and energy. The Methodist Church has a long tradition of social engagement and prophetic witness. John Wesley himself was an early advocate of what we might today call simple living — he gave away most of his income and lived modestly in an age of conspicuous consumption. The Eco Church movement is, in many ways, a contemporary expression of that same impulse: a recognition that how we live on the earth is a spiritual question, not merely a practical one. For the communities around these 1,000 churches, the impact is tangible: churchyards managed for biodiversity, solar panels on roofs, food waste schemes, and congregations that talk openly about climate change as a justice issue. The Methodist Church is not waiting for the world to change. It is changing itself.