Kerala bishop practices climate stewardship through daily farmwork

Malayil Sabu Koshy Cherian, bishop of Madhya Kerala in the Church of South India, has taken up daily farmwork as an act of discipleship and climate justice. In a region where many farmers have abandoned cultivation due to climate uncertainty, Cherian spends two hours each morning before his ecclesiastical duties watering crops, maintaining irrigation systems, harvesting vegetables, and working the soil in a diocesan garden. He frames the work as a spiritual practice rooted in Christian stewardship. "The land belongs to God," Cherian said. "God has entrusted it to human beings to cultivate for the sustenance of life. If we neglect the land that God has given us, it is not merely wastefulness; it is sin." His approach addresses both the practical challenge of food production in a climate-affected region and the theological conviction that care for creation is integral to Christian discipleship.

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Source: Episcopal News Service — https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/07/29/in-kerala-church-of-south-india-bishop-cultivates-climate-justice/